#Makevember Day 30: Makesplaining In this last Makevember post, I end with something I made up and something I made better. I hope this catches on as in my cursory Google-fu exercise didn’t come up with this term: #Makesplaining. I define it as:
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Make (thing, object, idea, concept, etc) clear to someone by describing it in intense detail or revealing relevant and irrelevant processes, facts and pre or post-rationalization. ∙ On to the actual object I made better, it’s a pretty mundane one. I started ’19 Makevember by improving my interaction with my mallet that I use on the daily. As much as I use my mallet, I use my scissors EVEN more. I pick up and put them down at least 200 times a day. I have gone through 3-4 pairs of these Olfa scissors, mostly because the pivot has worn out and they become loose. I would peen down the pivot to tighten them up but eventually they would just stop working. I finally torn one apart and replaced the pivot with some M3 hardware that I can adjust and tighten as needed, making them the best scissors ever. My next challenge is to remake the handles in something a little better than the plastic. ∙ When posting these kinds of month long maker challenges, I have no idea who is reading or if anyone is reading at all. I have never been a journal person but I have always been an over-explainer of things especially when it comes to the manufacture of objects. I feel it gives the object way more gravitas if the root of the skill is explained and the history behind some of the materials. I love makesplaining, as I haughtily put it, telling stories through craft one object at a time. #makesplaining #makersgonnamake #madeupwords #endofanera #thanksforhangingout #seeyounextyear #makevember2019
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