On this episode of Crafting Human™, designer Valerie Legras and fibre artist Morgane Baroghel-Crucq reflect on craft as a form of embodied intelligence, one that lives in the hands, the body, and the process of making itself.

Together, we explore how slowness, care, and making in alignment with nature and its natural rhythms shape not only objects, but the meaning they carry. This conversation moves beyond skill-building to consider how objects, spaces, and rituals hold memory and how meaning emerges through process, not just output.

Crafting Human™ is a space for conversations that go beyond aesthetics to explore what it means to create in a world increasingly shaped by speed and automation.

In this episode:
– Craft as intelligence made visible
– Slowness as care, not inefficiency
– Objects, spaces, and rituals as carriers of memory
– Why meaning is found in process, not just outcome

You can explore their work here:

Valerie Legras
Website: www.swadoh.com/manifesto
Instagram: @_swadoh_

Morgane Baroghel-Crucq
Website: www.morganebaroghel-crucq.com
Instagram: @morganebaroghelcrucq

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What happens when we stop teaching people how to make things?

On Crafting Human, next Wednesday, 1/28, join me for a fascinating conversation with Valerie Legras, Founder & Creative Director of SWADOH design studio, and Morgane Baroghel-Crucq, a French fibre artist and artisan. We are having a conversation about craft, independence, and what’s lost when knowledge isn’t passed down.

We reflect on the ideas of:

• Craft being intelligence made visible.
• Slowness is not inefficiency, but care and aligning with the natural rhythms of life.
• Objects, spaces, and rituals carry memory.
• Meaning emerges through process, not just output.

On this episode of Crafting Human™, painter and educator Gabriel Islas reflects on plein air painting: working in the landscape where weather, time, discomfort, and imperfection shape both the process and the outcome.

Together, we explore his journey and growth as an artist, which has taught him to trust in the moments and process, even when the scale or stakes felt intimidating.

Crafting Human™ is a space for conversations that go beyond aesthetics to explore what it means to create and cultivate our humanity in a world increasingly shaped by speed and automation.

In this episode:
– Discomfort as a catalyst for creative growth
– Letting go of perfection in the making process
– Presence, imperfection, and working with place

You can explore Gabriel’s work here:
Website: gabrielislasart.com
Instagram: @gabriel_islas_art

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