> [!NOTE]+ Meta > Author:: Katherine Townsend > Reference::https://intellectdiscover-com.ezproxy.lib.rmit.edu.au/content/journals/10.1386/crre_00012_2 > Date:: 2023 > Tags:: #warp > WeftLinks:: > - [[Health value of craft]] > - [[Psychological value of craft]] > > Claim:: > - [[Craft skills are key to the making of medical prosthetics]] > - [[Claim - Craft improves well-being]] > [!SUMMARY] Summary > Craft is a key part of in health, including well-being and prosthetic making. ### Highlights > The Great British Bake Off (or similar programmes including the The Great Pottery Throw Down and The Great British Sewing Bee), but they represent a shared understanding of the enjoyment to be found in hobbies, amateur and professional skilled making in and beyond the domestic environs of the home > Tissue engineering and textiles have been assimilated to develop implants for the human body, such as the 'Nit Occlud' valve, hand constructed by the indigenous Aymara women in Bolivia ([The Knitting Space 2015](https://intellectdiscover-com.ezproxy.lib.rmit.edu.au/content/journals/10.1386/crre_00012_2#CIT013)), embroidered components, such as Ellis Development's 'Bio-implantable device for reconstructive shoulder surgery', 2004, > Rosenberger reviews the criteria and processes involved in crafting prostheses in established and digitally augmented ways to demonstrate the benefits and shift in understanding evident in their making and cultural acceptance. An example > Hunt, Piper and Worker report on 'the importance of sensorial empathy and the language of touch when crafting textiles with [and for] people who are visually impaired'. The article reports on a research project between academics and undergraduate textile students with the Nottingham-based charity, My Sight, providing insights into the often, overlooked significance of haptic, sensory engagement with the materials that surround us in everyday life. > Unlike digital print, letterpress requires physical activity, acceptance of serendipitous mark making and is undertaken in a social and communal space.