Knit, Whittle, Tap

Studio 360

Kurt Andersen and furniture maker Mira Nakashima explore why all sorts of people — from visual artists, to musicians, to hipster knitters — choose to make things by hand. We’ll discover why oboe players must moonlight as woodworkers and find out how an American capitalist assimilated the ideals of a socialist movement to sell handcrafted goods for a profit.

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