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A world made by hand<\/a><\/h3>\n<\/header>\n
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Only a few generations ago we made many things by hand.\u00a0 Over the last 50 years store bought products have replaced handmade goods.\u00a0 Few people still work with their hands, and I often wonder what we have lost in this process?\u00a0 \"\"What have we lost when we no longer enjoy or even know how to make things with our hands?<\/p>\n

Humans prehistory is described by the tools and artifacts left behind.\u00a0 Tools were both functional as well as art.\u00a0 I love handling a kitchen tool that belonged to my grandmother.\u00a0 Human development is attributed to our opposable thumb and ability to make and use tools.\u00a0 So how have we changed now that we seldom use hand tools, and our hands are most often busy using a computer or phone? Are these the same kind of tools as a wood lathe, a knife and cutting board, or a needle and thread?\"\"<\/p>\n

I love making pottery, bread, and cooking from scratch.\u00a0 My grandmother taught me to knit and sew and I\u2019ve made several articles of clothes and scarves.\u00a0 I taught myself to carve wooden spoons and often think I should spend more time doing that\u2026but don\u2019t.\u00a0\u00a0 Like many people in their 50\u2019s I often think, I\u2019ll do that after I retire.\u00a0 We are drawn to the beauty of artisan crafts and desire to explore making them ourselves, but don\u2019t.\u00a0 Perhaps life is too busy, it would take too much time to make things by hand.<\/p>\n

In a world that has less energy available, a world that cannot afford to burn more fossil fuels, we need to move away from machines and back towards things made by hand.\u00a0 That probably seems unimaginable if you didn\u2019t grow up with a parent or grandparent that made things by hand.\u00a0 But I think the reality of living like this will be more satisfying than you can imagine.<\/p>\n

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A world made by hand Only a few generations ago we made many things by hand.\u00a0 Over the last 50 years store bought products have replaced handmade goods.\u00a0 Few people still work with their hands, and I often wonder what we have lost in this process?\u00a0 What have we lost when we no longer enjoy […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,7],"tags":[16692,16694,16693,15601],"class_list":["post-27278","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-energy-2","category-survival-2","tag-animasoul","tag-handmade-goods","tag-jody-tishmack","tag-prehistory"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27278","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=27278"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27278\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":27279,"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27278\/revisions\/27279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=27278"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=27278"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=27278"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}