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Hands & Tools

DM tools by Caroline Ross (for Issue 13 cover)

The Dark Mountain manifesto declared an intention to write ‘with dirt under our fingernails’ and we’ve sought to ground the exploration of stories and ideas in the experience of working with our hands.

In this section, the practices of craft, making and growing cross paths with the questions about technology that run through many of the conversations around this project.

Finding the Nock Point

Kim Schnuelle
11th May, 2022
'Archery can be seen as a slow paced ceremony ... each arrow let fly serves as a small ritual onto itself' – Kim Schnuelle weaves craft and storytelling in this personal essay exploring rituals to find peace in troubling times
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Making Friends with Microbes

Mark Watson
12th March, 2018
 ‘Is it safe to eat?’ I asked, nervously peering into the pungent and compelling Korean ferment.  It was a very modern reaction:...
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Of Pond Brains and Humanity 2.0

Tom Smith
30th March, 2016
If thou shouldst plant these things in thy firm understanding and contemplate them with good...
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Paranoid Android

Matt Miles
23rd March, 2016
*** Working on a not particularly demanding task this morning, I decided to listen to...
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Revisiting the Great Conversation

Chris Peters
9th March, 2016
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Of Pond Brains and Humanity 2.0 Part I: Theoteknosis

Tom Smith
27th January, 2016
The Ark is envisioned to take the form of a ball of genetically-engineered soil, an...
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A Bell for Lost Species

Nick Hunt
9th December, 2015
The tradition of itinerant bell-making is continued today by David Snoo Wilson and Jo Lathwood, who...
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Retreading

Ava Osbiston
25th October, 2015
Making is my meditation. It is my own personal escape from thinking. My hands take...
From Our BooksHands & ToolsIssue 8: Technê

Beyond the Single Baseline: Towards a Re-storyation of True Work

Rachel Economy
17th June, 2015
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Worried about the future? Then read ‘A Future Manual’

Tom James
9th March, 2015
Did you see that? That man on the bike? He was wearing too many clothes...
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The Focal and the Flask

Tom Smith
15th October, 2014
First published in Dark Mountain: Issue 6
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A Feral Palmistry

Sylvia Linsteadt
24th June, 2014
An exploration of the relationship between our hands and imagination - and the fairytale 'The Handless Maiden'
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