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  1. 🌈🔥 thekidshouldseethis.com/post/d

    #WestVirginia Swirl production is alive and well in #Pennsboro, West Virginia.” See how #marbles are still made on vintage machines in rural WV, where "roughly a dozen marbles #factories" were located before the industry went international in the 1950s.

    #video #howthingsaremade #glass #spheres #factory #factorytour #toys

  2. ✨🍞✨ thekidshouldseethis.com/post/f

    “There are very few things in his kitchen that run on electricity (or fossil fuels, if you will). There are no mixers, no machines to control the temperature of the dough. Fermentation is left to nature.”

    #video #japan #bread #bakery #howthingsaremade #food

  3. 🧵 thekidshouldseethis.com/post/k

    “Japan is home the original #art of #braiding known as #kumihimo that got its start in the Asuka and Nara Periods (538-794CE) and continues to be in use to the present day. With the use of multicolored #threads, a single kumihimo cord takes quite some time to produce, yet it has never played a leading role in the world of traditional #handicrafts. Rather it served as an essential decoration, an accessory which has always served to add a splash of color to #Japanese culture.”

    #artisans #howthingsaremade #japan #damyo #tradition #weaving #textiles #dyeing #silk

  4. 🧵 thekidshouldseethis.com/post/k

    “Japan is home the original #art of #braiding known as #kumihimo that got its start in the Asuka and Nara Periods (538-794CE) and continues to be in use to the present day. With the use of multicolored #threads, a single kumihimo cord takes quite some time to produce, yet it has never played a leading role in the world of traditional #handicrafts. Rather it served as an essential decoration, an accessory which has always served to add a splash of color to #Japanese culture.”

    #artisans #howthingsaremade #japan #damyo #tradition #weaving #textiles #dyeing #silk