«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
Utrecht
Chisel sharpening

Chisel sharpening

A chisel should be sharp, says the woodturner Joost Kramer. Sharpening a chisel is possible only with something that is even harder. Therefore his grindstone is covered with diamond grit. If the last burr after polishing seems to be off, a ultimate test takes place to prove that the chisel is sharp. If he can...
Know-How | Show-How public cinema - Utrecht Manifest 2012

Know-How | Show-How public cinema – Utrecht Manifest 2012

Know-How / Show-How stage - Barn Day - 16 June 2012

Know-How / Show-How stage – Barn Day – 16 June 2012

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Making a carvers mallet

Making a carvers mallet

Joost Kramer, wood turner, shows how he makes a carvers mallet, during that process he explains his views on the value of craft. According to him the function of the material and the object is like a link between man and the world around him. documented by Dima Stefanova
How to create space in cities for nature?

How to create space in cities for nature?

Ecoloog Harmen Venema laat zien in een korte wandeling door de wijk Rotsoord, hoe het natuur eigen gang vind als er ruimte en simpele conditie voor worden gemaakt. gedocumenteerd door Dima Stefanova
Taking care of birds

Taking care of birds

Documented by Lisa Kläver, Sylvain Georget and Pihla Raevaara (students from designLAB)
Tool maker for plains

Tool maker for plains

documented by Sam Kennedy, Frank van‘t Woudt and Stijn van Kervel (students from designLAB)
Viticulturist

Viticulturist

gedocumented by Noëlle Ingeveldt and Lukas Wolzak (students from designLAB)
Floral arranging

Floral arranging

Jdocumented by Bob Vos en Mark Wiechmann (students from designLAB)
Participation workshop - 13 & 19 May - Utrecht Manifest 2012

Participation workshop – 13 & 19 May – Utrecht Manifest 2012

In het kader van het Utrecht Manifest 2012 voert Know-How/Show-How een workshop door voor het publiek in Rotsoord en omgeving. Zoals in het project Werklandschap Kruist ICI gaat het om het documenteren van kennis in Rotsoord en de naburige wijken. Doel van het workshop is korte videodocumentaires te maken van mensen met speciale ambachtelijke kennis...
Know-How/Show-How workshop in Utrecht

Know-How/Show-How workshop in Utrecht

On June 19 2011: ‘Know-How/Show-How’(KNSH) presents itself to the public for the first time. Invited by and in collaboration with The Utrecht Archives (national centre for ecclesiastical archives and the Dutch Railways)to represent the theme “Green” during the Cultural Sunday of Utrecht, KNSH organizes a public event where a selection of 6 documentaries from the...