Craftsmanship Quarterly: Latest Stories
Summer 2022 - The Craft of Resilience
Tomorrow’s Lobsterman
New England’s fabled (and much valued) lobstering industry is struggling with all kinds of challenges: an aging workforce, lobster catches that swing from record highs to depressing lows, new regulations, and warming waters caused by climate disruption. So why would a bright young man in Eastport, Maine, commit to a life fishing the seas?
By BEN SPEGGEN
New Field Notes
Shrine and the Art of Resilience
Pandemic, political strife, poverty, war. In times of extreme upheaval—global or personal—can the act of art-making ease suffering and strengthen…
Written by MELINDA MISURACA
The Little Block-Printing Workshop that Could
“A rising tide doesn’t raise people who don’t have a boat. We have to build the boat for them. We…
Written by RUTH ALDEN WICKER
The Craft of Reclamation: Sustainable Addiction Recovery in Appalachia
In Appalachian Ohio, craftsmanship is a vital piece of the growing support system for recovery—philosophically, economically, and on a very…
Written by JACK SHULER
Photography by ANDREW FEIGHT
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Podcasts
Listen to “Food Shift”
California is facing a historic drought. Again. It’s become a familiar refrain, year after year, and the growing climate crisis…
Written by CHRISTOPHER D. COOK Narrated by MITCH GREENBERG
Tomorrow’s Library
In a simple, residential neighborhood in San Francisco sits a former church for Christian Scientists. The building’s white exterior and…
Written by TIM REDMOND Narrated by AVANTHIKA SRINIVASAN
Listen to “A Woodworker’s Tale”
In today’s automated world, why bother toiling with hand tools and sawdust? In his new book, Gary Rogowski—a master furniture…
Written by GARY ROGOWSKI Narrated by GARY ROGOWSKI
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Videos
Watch “The Art of the Hat”
An homage, in film, to a third-generation Italian artisan—the last maker of the traditional, handcarved wooden shapes that are used…
By LUISA GROSSO
Watch “Mike Morgan’s Quest to Make Traditional Skin Boats”
Mike Morgan’s fascination with small, traditional watercraft dates back to the ’80s. Building on his decades of experience as a…
By MIKE MORGAN, SIMON MORRIS, and JERRY CROSS
Watch “The Ancient Mangle of Santarcangelo di Romagna”
In a tiny town on Italy’s Northeastern coast, the Marchi family printworks may be the world’s last shop to produce…
By LUISA GROSSO
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