All sorts of hardware and locks are fabricated by the peasants during the time they can spare from agriculture, and real works of art, some of which were much admired at the exhibition of 1889, are produced by these humble peasant sculptors in horn, mother-of-pearl and iron.
Kropotkin highlights the artistic craftsmanship of peasant sculptors who create admired works from humble materials.
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