We don't value craftsmanship anymore! All we value is ruthless efficiency, and I say we deny our own humanity that way! Without appreciation for grace and beauty, there's no pleasure in creating thing...
It is fairy dust and wanderlust that guide our hands to create what our hearts desire.
(a.) Manufactured by hand; as, handmade shoes.
That's the thing with handmade items. They still have the person's mark on them, and when you hold them, you feel less alone.
I think the best shaped box ever on earth is a coffin which can be handmade to escort the forever numb-hands.