"If you want something truly made by an individual artist one-by-one you are going to eventually have a hard time affording whatever that item is." Yes! Espec

"If you want something truly made by an individual artist one-by-one you are going to eventually have a hard time affording whatever that item is." Yes! Especially an artist in a rich country. You're paying for the artist's time, and in rich countries that's very expensive. On Etsy I found some great wood art from a Chinese artist, priced at a few hundred dollars. I do like Etsy for household knick-knacks like napkin holders or nightlights or photo frames. I can go on Amazon and get some random made-in-China junk, or go on Etsy and with a little digging find something a bit more interesting at, say, $50. That's probably ten times what some Amazon dreck would cost but I can splurge on a napkin holder or photo frame. I wouldn't mind an assembly-line hand-painted painting. I like the texture of hand-painted things instead of a print.