Why question something that is good? 
Because some people have paid up to $14,000 for the end results.
This. And because I am an actual artisan, and it upsets me to see people claiming to be artisans -- and charging artisan prices -- when they're amateurs producing sub-par work.
He's a great *artist* and *designer*, sure... as long as those designs are his. That's where his skill ends.