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   Ross of Ottawa (ottaross@mastodon.social)'s status on Sunday, 19-Jan-2025 14:11:17 JST Ross of Ottawa

   • Nick Houston 🇨🇦

   @intothewestaway indeed, and it's similar on the sides and back too. Someone put a bit of time into it.

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     Bob Jonkman (bobjonkman@mastodon.sdf.org)'s status on Sunday, 19-Jan-2025 14:11:17 JST Bob Jonkman

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     • Nick Houston 🇨🇦

     @ottaross

     With old-timey things like your carved organizer, I always wonder if the artisan did the work entirely freehand, or if they had a template or other guide, or if there was some kind of mechanical replication (like a pantograph).

     Of course, with modern-day manufacturing I expect a piece of cheap wood to be carved in minutes under a CNC machine...

     @intothewestaway

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     Ross of Ottawa (ottaross@mastodon.social)'s status on Monday, 20-Jan-2025 04:56:47 JST Ross of Ottawa

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     • Bob Jonkman
     • Nick Houston 🇨🇦

     @bobjonkman indeed. Hard to know these days, esp if new. But being from a thrift store I assume it's likely been years, maybe decades since it was made, and it had a life with someone already. Possibly made before low-cost CNCs arrived.

     Also a high probability those sorts of crafts were carved by poor artisans somewhere in South Asia or Africa to earn income from tourists, maybe with templates/pantograph as you say, but maybe just slogging away repetitively. @intothewestaway