No technology, but pure manual work. Nearly a thousand students are introduced to different crafts today. They do this in Frederikoord at the test, the former garden school.
A large hammer knocks down on an image, a piece of warm iron forms a little more with every stroke. Student Yinthe looks concentrated at the metal, then she takes a chisel to apply decorations. The end result is a hook to hang your jacket on. “Quite fun to do,” she responds.
She gets help from blacksmith Kees Klaassen from Zwolle. He hopes to teach the students something today. “That it’s okay to work with your hands, tinker and make things.”
And that is exactly what the organization of the Heritage & Craft Expo is all about. Because although the digital world is developing faster and faster, people who are good with their hands are desperately needed.
“Do not always listen to your parents,” says Hilco Broekman, member of the organization. “You don’t always have to do gymnasium or by learning. You have to do what you like and if you like working with your hands, then you just have to do that.”
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