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As a knowledge worker perennially in front of a screen, learning traditional hand skills, even briefly, offers something irreplaceable.

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The direct feedback between hand, tool, and material reminded me that true craft requires the alignment of body and mind, where proper posture and technique emerge from listening to the sound of the plane, feeling the wood grain, even noting the scent of the shavings. www.gchicco.com/sketches-of-...

gchicco.comSketches of Japanese Craftsmanship in London, September 2025Sketches are my half-baked ideas, projects and notes for articles. I scribble them on napkins, random notebook pages or in my phone’s notes app.  Today's missive is from several activities I took par...