We live in a world where everything is available ready-made.

But sometimes I wonder what would happen if we all had to go back to living by hand?

If we had to make our own tables and chairs and pots and pans, most of us don't even know how.

I'm Anne Strange Champson.

In this episode of To the Best of Our Knowledge,

we'll meet some folks who are keeping those old skills alive.

Coppersmithing, woodworking, log building.

We'll talk about hand knowledge and the meaning of craft.

Keep listening. It's to the best of our knowledge.

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Wisconsin Public Radio. It's to the best of our knowledge, I'm Anne Strange Champs.

Here in the 21st century, there are a lot of old crafts we don't have much use for anymore.

Blacksmithing, wood turning spinning basket making but funny thing as our world gets more and more virtual traditional skills are starting to look

better and better to a lot of people.

My family and I, we do fur trade reenactments.

Meet Sarah Downman.

We live in a tent on certain weekends with a whole bunch of other people who live in tents

and everybody dresses like at 1790.

All the women are like, I just sewed this new corset.

What do you think?

It's just, it's just very.

And the guys are all like, let's go black powder hunting.

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