Before the industrial age, people crafted everything they needed from nature, drawing on the unique qualities of natural materials.

The invention of automated machinery undoubtedly brought incredible efficiency. Its power—and the market systems it created—can be dazzling. But along the way, we’ve gradually forgotten the skills held in our own hands, and the richness and wonder found in nature’s raw materials.

Only by reclaiming our knowledge of natural materials and the skills to work with them can we reawaken the memory in our hands. Through this, we can begin shaping a world where we interact more gently with our environment—and where both body and mind are more deeply involved.