The commons after the feed

A Chinese market where street-traders load up their baskets. Brush drawing by Chinese artist, ca. 1850. Wellcome Collection. Public Domain Mark. At a time when so much of the web hides the conditions of making, Aardman’s 50th anniversary exhibition in Bristol is a useful reminder of why craft has rarely felt so important. The appeal is not just Wallace and Gromit nostalgia, or the pleasure of…