A few days ago I was visiting Petrolicious (.com) and came upon a short video featuring a guy by the name of Carini Lino. He's Italian (I think) and, like myself, he's found a passion in his retirement — in his case restoring vintage car radios. He calls his shop Lino Autoradio.
Carini seems like a quiet, thoughtful guy who goes about his work with an eye toward respect and appreciation for the pieces he loves. What I found particularly interesting is his distinction of calling himself an "enthusiast" as opposed to a businessman or restorer. I feel the same way toward my projects, but he's better at putting it into words:
"A real enthusiast is not attracted by worth — an enthusiast is in love with that particular thing, not with its monetary value but with what it represents, its flaws along with its qualities. Otherwise he’s not a real enthusiast, he’s a businessman, nothing more. A real enthusiast cares about the details, of how the item was originally. I try to keep the originality as much as possible, at least as much as I can. It requires a lot of work to give it originality, and you lose a lot when you try to restore." Carini Lino
Carini seems like a quiet, thoughtful guy who goes about his work with an eye toward respect and appreciation for the pieces he loves. What I found particularly interesting is his distinction of calling himself an "enthusiast" as opposed to a businessman or restorer. I feel the same way toward my projects, but he's better at putting it into words:
"A real enthusiast is not attracted by worth — an enthusiast is in love with that particular thing, not with its monetary value but with what it represents, its flaws along with its qualities. Otherwise he’s not a real enthusiast, he’s a businessman, nothing more. A real enthusiast cares about the details, of how the item was originally. I try to keep the originality as much as possible, at least as much as I can. It requires a lot of work to give it originality, and you lose a lot when you try to restore." Carini Lino
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