The Tool Appreciation Society

I (linda, hi 👋🏼) conducted this research under my banner of The Tool Appreciation Society; home to my international research into artisans, making and tools.

This is a gentle split that I give my artistic practice and my research into tool use internationally.  This split was really useful for me (and something I regularly employ) between my work as an artist and that as a researcher of tools.  It encapsulates my longstanding research into tools and their cultural importance.

As an example, I would visit museums and become inspired for my studio work for things to make and ideas, but I would also visit craftspeople as TAS which is a method of cataloguing tools and making internationally.

Throughout my career, in visiting many artisans and craftspeople internationally, I continue to be convinced of the importance of sharing these stories of the regionality and specificity of tool use.