In a day and age where productivity is king, and the demand for 'average' quality is the norm, the trades - all of them - have opted for the Wal Mart business model, which is to hire staff that functions with the least amount of skill sets and employ them to the lowest common denominator of those skills. You may see an electrician that has only wired apartments, or a plumber the same way. As for WWers, when a furniture maker has to compete with Ikea quality, they can't afford to expend the effort to make the quality they normally would or they will price themselves out of the market. Also, I see a vastly dwindling pool of younger artisans to be that don't want to get their hands dirty, let alone a splinter...........