The evolution of the modern-day Jua Kali industry is seeing increasing adoption of automated tools among the fundis. With it, precision artisanry is taking root, creating a previously missing ingredient in their quest for mass production, standardisation and replicability.
In the past, if you ordered for 100 beds, the variation in the shapes and sizes ensured you had such a wide difference that uniformity was lost. For institutional establishment orders where aesthetics is important, artisans were locked out.
