On Simplicity, Beauty and Why We Keep Making Things

A good reminder, as I'm getting back into jewelry where it's so easy to get lost in the techniques, that simple things are beautiful (via On Being blog):

And this refreshing clip of jewelry maker Jill Platner,  to remind us why we keep  making things (via CoolHunting newly discovered through Lari's blog):

Jill Platner from Cool Hunting on Vimeo.

In other words: Just because. Or just because we have to.