As a handmade product, it's important that standards are maintained.

Fig rolls were the ideal solution to this advice, although they remained a locally-produced and handmade product.

The handmade products - which can only be produced in small batches - are known as artisan cheeses.

The one-off handmade products of the blacksmith are less economically viable in the modern world, while in the past they were an absolute necessity.

They are supported by shoppers who are seeking niche and often handmade products as opposed to those mass-produced by corporations.