Took a break for a mo. to add....
I imagine I (so far)come across as some kind of mad carving monk on some kinda socialist or communist holy crusade...
I don't want that.
Observe whenever the latest cool tech toy or device or software whatever comes out...I don't think there is a one of us here that can't say we are very much like kids with our joy and our desire over such things...
I myself have seen stuff come and go here and in the marketplace that I wished at the time I could afford...but one thing or another I couldn't.
I know ...sad eh? boo hoo.
In my work I make and work things the wealthy covet...
When I was younger I used to do a lot of exclusive showings and such...(not many do exactly what I do)...
At some there may or may not have been modest or high entrance fees just to get in...regardless...I would see the wealthy ..for sure...but I saw alot of people...alot of families...alot of kids that obviously just didn't have much...the parents having brought them so they could at least see this stuff....At first ...I just would give this kid or that kid at those shows exactly what they eyeballed in my work...you could see they wanted it...but no way the family could afford that...YOU try turning people away..ESPECIALLY kids away because they don't have enough...I could never do it...
(sigh)...that was the prime reason I got into mold making and casting when I was younger...so I could do limited runs of copies ...so sure...the poor family or kid couldn't afford the cost of the time-consuming piece in some odd or unique material...mammoth...narwhal horn..etc...I always made sure they could have an affordable copy of it that looked and felt the same.

I ain't on a crusade....I just could never stand seeing people left out of something....especially if it isn't over ability ...but money.

but if I were..and this was a crusade...

wouldn't this be a good one?