In the art business, there are no established conventions for crediting the people who transform artists' ideas into well-made objects.

Even good, well-made objects - without built-in obsolescence - die.

The most compelling works are still those that stay comfortably within the traditional territory of the well-made useful or decorative object.

In this day of digital manipulation and building-size enlargement, these works are as much well-made objects as they are images.

She had seen the few bowls and implements Ayla used and noticed her penchant for simple but well-made objects.

And don't neglect the well-made objects of the 20th century.

Doesn't the well-made object have a future?

This cautionary tale describes a society where the well-made object has become so rare that it attains near-mystical status.

"The idea was to show that the father was attached to his work for work's sake, not out of an artisan's pride in a well-made object."

In this view, well-made, long-lasting objects are a problem because they saturate the market, creating resistance to the efficiencies of mass production.