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THE PEOPLE

Who makes Putty

Every piece is written by someone who works in the trade it covers.

Marta Oyelaran
Marta Oyelaran

Writes about clay and the people who stay with it. Fifteen years at the wheel, still counting failures.

Dov Ferreira
Dov Ferreira

Plaster, lime and the slow trades. Reports from job sites where the finish takes a season.

Ines Kowalczyk
Ines Kowalczyk

Paper and cloth. Keeps a studio in a former laundry and a notebook of every fibre she has pulped.

Tobias Renn
Tobias Renn

Wood and glass. Believes a joint should be legible to whoever takes the thing apart.

Sena Adeyemi
Sena Adeyemi

Glass and metal. Spent two winters in a hot shop before writing a word about one.

Bram Nyholm
Bram Nyholm

Tools, jigs and workshop economics. Argues that the bench is the first thing you make.

Every dispatch, from all of them.

The Fourth Watch

The Fourth Watch refers to the stretch between 3 and 6 am when the night is darkest and dawn, while soon to break in, is most in doubt.

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This publication was made possible through the support of Grant 63598 from the John Templeton Foundation. The opinions expressed in this publication are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the John Templeton Foundation.