When I was a kid I really enjoyed TV shows that took you behind the scenes and showed you how things were made. You know, the factories with their special machinery that cut this, fold that, sort things, wrap them up and put everything into boxes.
The process is what intrigues me. I like to make things. I can get caught up in the act of creating, from photography to cooking. I’ve made tofu, yogurt and bread. Silkscreen prints and airbrushed enlargements printed from the film I developed. I built a deck...and brewed beer! The journey can be as enjoyable as the destination.
In high school I took classes in pottery at a school a small town about 20 miles from where I lived. The town’s population was about 2,000, and the high school was pretty small. But the manual arts teacher wanted to do pottery, and so by God, the school had a pottery lab, one that rivaled many university ceramics studios. It was amazingly cool, and I loved it. Preparing the clay, throwing the pots, glazing and firing the finished pieces…it’s all alchemy, a pseudo science wide open for experimentation with results that are often determined by chance as much as plan or skill.
So I became an art major, and went into graphic art and design. I love the tools, and became proficient at using mechanical pens and exacto knives…and all the other hands-on activities that was necessary to get ideas printed on paper. It was fun while it lasted, the whole 10 years of it until technology stuck it’s nose into the business. Now, along with the rest of the world, I do this work using computers...and my wife wants me to get rid of my copy camera in the basement…Oh well. But cooking is still done by hand, at least I have that!
Anyway, I get a weird sense of enjoyment watching the genre of the videos below. Among the odd and interesting things is some of the stuff that takes me back to my childhood...and in color :-)
(I’d turn off the audio. The music is rather insipid.)
Do you enjoy making things?
VIRGINIA KOSSACKS!
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1. DrLori
2. Gordon20024
3. a gilas girl
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1. Bill in Portland Maine
2. Common Sense Mainer
3. navajo
4. markm667
5. vicki
6. vicki’s recruit 1
7. vicki’s recruit 2
8. smileycreek
9. paradise50
10. Ed Tracey
11. side pocket
12. Mrs. side pocket
13. Richard Cranium
14. YellowDogInGA
15. DebtorsPrison
16. brillig
17. mik
18. thatkid
19. K2
20. LuLu
21. moodyinsavannah
22. norm
23. Egberto Willies
24. Chris Reeves
25. Susan Grigsby
26. spedwybabs
27. Dee Austin
28. Pam Miles
29. Corrie Wikoff
30. Cindi Branham
31. Susan Higgins
32. jlms qkw
33. Larisa Thomason
34. evcoren
35. shermanesq
36. doggie269
37. gizmo59
38. BruinKid
39. Steve Stearns
40. loggersbrat
41. Walter Einenkel
42. Susan Gardner
43. Faith Gardner
44. Meteor Blades
45. nancyjones
46. edgery
47. SanDiegoDem
48. Will Rockafellow
49. Laura Clawson +high chair
50. Joan McCarter
51. Wagatwe Wanjuki
52. Drew Linzer
53. Mara Schechter
54. Michael Langenmayr
55. Kelly Macias
56. Gabe Ortiz
57. Monique Teal
58. scyellowdogdem
59. Kimm Lett
60. Rachel Gutauskas
61. Jeff Singer
62. Carolyn Fiddler
63. Rachel Colyer
64. Shayera Tangri
65. Irna Landrum
66. Carissa Miller
67. Jennifer Hayden
68. Susan Smith
69. JustOneMoreDad
70. Mrs. JustOneMoreDad
71. JustOneMoreDad’s kid
72. BeninSC
73. KathyinSC
74. annrose
75. shanikka
76. DAH
77. susans
78. gmats
79. 714day
80. Sandy on Signal
81. SouthDem
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83. watercarrier4diogenes
84. Chrislove
85. TrueBlueMajority
86. Wee Mama
87. peregrine kate
88. Thinking Fella
89. Denise Oliver-Velez
90. Jon Sitzman
91. Leslie Salzillo
92. Frank Vyan Walton
93. Dan Carlson
94. Sher Watts Spooner
95. Sher Watts Spooner’s guest
96. mommyof3
97. momomia
98. Jonaya Leek
99. Ann Coren
100. David Beard
101. Alicia
102. Curtis
104. lam2b2g
105.
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MsSpentYouth
scyellowdogdem’s nephew Matt
jotter
aha aha
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1. randallt
2. Joieau
3. Gordon20024
4. Otteray Scribe
5. Burns Lass
6. Lamont Cranston
7. Christian Cano of conoforcongress
8. Anthony, Political director for canoforcongress
9. Gary Norton
10. Connie Norton
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eeff
Zen Trainer
Tex Dem
VeloVixen
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