"Some of us do, for the rarer materials, but a number of us," one is a number though there had to be SOMEONE else here who could craft as he could, can make most of it ourselves." Besides, if anyone took him up on those magic lessons he offered at the meeting, they in time would also be able learn how to craft much of this themselves. Bending made it easier, but his magic originated in Ceiphro, so it had always been possible.