There's a part of me that loves working with my hands. That's why I loved my undergrad in technical and design theatre, where I spent hours painting plywood to look like a brick wall, or shaping modeling clay into hands in yoga positions (to be attached to the arms of a ganesh costume), or painting details on a tribal mask, or making sausages out of nylons and stuffing. I love getting my hands creatively dirty. Plus I love the theatre.
For a while now, I've been craving a creative outlet of some sort. Sure, I can snap some photos, but there's something about getting my hands on a project that involves manipulating, shaping, forming a lump of nothing into something. I'd love to take a pottery class or learn how to knit. But I make excuses, and in the end, I'm just lazy. So when I saw this video, I felt a bit of a kick in the bum. But I was also inspired. Hope you are too.
This is Sentayehu Teshale, a craftsman at work, in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
Stools from Mark Morgan on Vimeo.
via andrew and carissa
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