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By Sarah Chen

Memory,

Not Nostalgia

Stories · 28 Aug 2026

1 min read

Maker at work in a wide workshop

On Inis Stór, making is not a revival of something lost. It is how memory stays in the hands — in a ring, a bowl, a boat still leaving the harbour.

Sarah Chen spends a week with makers who work that way, from the silver bench to the clay studio.

The boatman
“People think craftsmanship is about nostalgia, he says. But it's really about memory.”

Stories · 28 Aug 2026

About Sarah Chen

Writer and photographer covering island craft. Contributing editor.

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