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No Viable Upgrade Path

The American Peasant • 2201 implied HN points • 11 Feb 24
🎨 Art & Illustration Craftsmanship Tools Woodworking Mentorship Quality
  1. Kale's story highlights the importance of having the right tools in woodworking that will last a lifetime without needing upgrades.
  2. Investing in high-quality, durable tools from the start can save time and money in the long run.
  3. Choosing tools based on functionality and quality over aesthetics or price can lead to better long-term satisfaction and efficiency in woodworking.

Creating love stories from metal. And melting them down when they end.

Men Yell at Me • 259 implied HN points • 07 Mar 24
🎨 Art & Illustration Jewelry Design Craftsmanship Symbolism
  1. Creating personalized story rings with unique designs like mountains or bird feathers can be a powerful way to symbolize love and connection.
  2. Repurposing wedding rings after a divorce by melting them down can be a cathartic and transformative process, helping individuals let go of emotional baggage and begin a new chapter.
  3. Jewelry holds deep connections to personal stories and histories, making it more than just a material possession - it can represent relationships, memories, and values.
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Important source for Gardenworld - The Arts and Crafts Movement.

Douglass’s Newsletter • 19 implied HN points • 10 Feb 24
🎨 Art & Illustration Aesthetics Craftsmanship Aesthetics
  1. The Arts and Crafts Movement was an international trend in the decorative and fine arts, advocating traditional craftsmanship and social reform.
  2. The movement emphasized simpler and more aesthetic homes and gardens, influencing styles like Art Nouveau and Modernism.
  3. Craftsmanship involves doing a job well for its own sake, contributing to people's well-being and community morale.

Ben Suga on Balancing Tradition and Creativity

Chance Operations • 157 implied HN points • 22 Jun 23
🎨 Art & Illustration Ceramics Creativity Tradition Craftsmanship
  1. Ben Suga found inspiration in the physicality and difficulty of working with clay, similar to his experience as a wrestler in high school.
  2. Through apprenticeships in Japan and America, Ben learned the importance of tradition in ceramics and found creativity within the structured practice.
  3. The firing process in ceramics balances precision and control with chaotic elements like chance, adding an unpredictable yet intriguing aspect to the art.

Ómós Digest #84 The King (and Queen) of Wild Smoked Salmon.

Ómós Digest • 196 implied HN points • 26 Feb 23
🍲 Food & Drink Cooking Farming Sustainability Craftsmanship
  1. The story discusses the migration of people to West Cork in the 1970s and 1980s seeking a new cultural lifestyle
  2. The narrative highlights the importance of being persistent and kind when seeking to learn from experts in different crafts
  3. Sally Barnes's experience with smoking wild salmon reveals the environmental challenges and changes in fish quality over the years

London’s 21st Century Woodsmen

London in Bits • 137 implied HN points • 03 Jul 23
🎨 Art & Illustration Craftsmanship Sustainability
  1. London has a large number of trees that need maintenance to provide essential services for the city.
  2. Most wood from felled trees in London is chipped or burned as biomass, but there's a growing interest in using it more positively.
  3. Companies like Fallen and Felled are repurposing London's wood to create furniture, highlighting the benefits of using local timber.

In melancholy for craftsmanship

Oleksii Sidorov • 72 implied HN points • 05 Jul 23
💼 Business Entrepreneurship Craftsmanship Skill development
  1. Finding fulfillment in entrepreneurship can be challenging due to the continuous stream of problems and challenges.
  2. Traditional skill-based crafts offer a feedback loop that can bring satisfaction and fulfillment in gradual improvement.
  3. Entrepreneurship focuses on breadth of skills, while craftsmanship emphasizes depth and mastery in a single task.

Thoughts on creativity in the age of AI

AMQ’s Substack • 1 HN point • 16 Feb 24
🎨 Art & Illustration Creativity AI Discovery Craftsmanship Generative AI
  1. Creativity can be seen as a mix of creation and discovery, especially in the context of art and design.
  2. As technology like Generative AI advances, the line between human creativity and machine generation can become blurred.
  3. Exploring creative processes, whether through AI or imaginative spaces like the Library of Babel, reveals the complex interplay between creating and finding.

Forté #6

SJF • 0 implied HN points • 11 May 23
🎭️ Culture Inspiration Craftsmanship Books Music Self-reflection
  1. The author is inspired by a video of Japanese craftsmen building a house with hand tools.
  2. The author appreciates a field recorder by Teenage Engineering called TP-7 for its beauty.
  3. The author recommends a book 'Material: Making and the Art of Transformation' by Nick Kary for its deep exploration of creativity.