«For in times to come, we will have to find a responsive and sensitive balance between the still-usuable skills and wisdom of the past and sustainable products and inventions of the 21st century.»

Lloyd Kahn, 1973, The Book of Shelter
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Know-How / Show-How featured in Bulgarian documentaries

Know-How / Show-How featured in Bulgarian documentaries

‘The Wealth of the Poorest’ is a documentary film by the talented young Bulgarian journalist, Veselina Foteva, completed as a master degree graduation project in Media and Journalism at the University of National and World Economy in Sofia, Bulgaria. Veselina was one of the participants in ‘Preserve To Pass On’, a workshop conducted by Khow-How...
Wood carving

Wood carving

Carving letters  in stone

Carving letters in stone

Recipe: elderflower syrup

Recipe: elderflower syrup

Smoking eel

Smoking eel

How to growing your own printing ink

How to growing your own printing ink

Preparation for the fine willow skeinwork

Preparation for the fine willow skeinwork

‘Braiding is watching with your fingers’, says Esmé Hofman one of the few professional basket weavers in Europe practicing the very fine type of basketry called willow skeinwork. The material for this work is obtained by cleaving a long willow rod in three or four with a special wooden cleave. The long strips of willow...

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