Proposed commission: “A craft I watched being made”
A brief for a real reader or contributor. Not a published story.
What we want: a first-person account (800–1,200 words) of a time you stood in a workshop, studio or home and watched someone make something by hand: a rug, a pot, a painting, a loaf. Give us the place, the maker, the process, and one thing that surprised you.
What we need from you: a true story; photographs you took, with the maker's permission; the maker's name spelled as they would like it; and a short trip recap with dates, route, what you paid for the object (with currency and date) and one thing you wish you had known.
Rights: you keep your copyright; we ask permission to publish and archive with credit, and we will show you the edited text first. Please do not send invented or composite stories.
Prices, dates, permits and rules change — approximate, verify before you travel. This item is a proposal or template, not a published report.
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