Workmanship of risk

The crafters is always aiming at risking and challenging him/herself. They risk their job everyday on the pursuit of the perfect creation.
Usually they are middle-class men/women who engage themselves in this undertake. I used usually because there is need of a fair bit of capital to start up a business and acquire the material and tools.
But once in the workshop, the crafter will test himself every minute of his life to create the best possible pot, or chair or glassware or any other hand made artefact.
They do risk their piece every minute they work on it: imagine the jeweller who has spend 40 hours on this ring and he only needs to solder the last bit of gold on it, he has nearly finished, but suddenly he gets the flame too hot and the whole ring melts. 40 hours completely wasted. But even if the whole ring doesn’t get melted it may not turned out as well as the rest of the work he put in it. The point is that the craftsmen will produce a finished work that he will not be able...