"Sometimes it just takes a little bit of a sparkle of gold or a little bit of silver to kind of reveal that once this was golden."
Armorer Hermes Knauer reminisces about some of the beautiful objects he has rescued and on the spirituality of craftsmanship.
Connections: Reverence
Armorer Hermes Knauer reminisces about some of the beautiful objects he has rescued and on the spirituality of craftsmanship.
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