Hands & Tools

Hand-hewn knives made with flint, steel and bronze by Caroline Ross (from Issue 16)

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.