### Record Type:: [[Claims]] ValueofCraft:: [[Psychological value of craft]] [[Disaster recovery value of craft]] ### Note Engaging in craft processes has a positive effect recovery from a traumatic event, such as illness, disaster or war. Engaging in craft processes has a positive effect on recovery from a traumatic event, including natural disasters. Coming together to make things is a way of sharing experiences with others. Making reduces the need to fill the void with small talk. Silence provides a space for changing the conversation to more profound topics. Making can be a constructive experience that kindles hope in circumstances of significant loss. An extreme version of this is found in a notorious prison in Southern Lebanon where prisoners suffer sensory deprivation (Himada, 2020). Inmates painstakingly cobbled together craft materials, like crafting a sewing needle out of an orange stem, in order to make something of their time in prison. In other circumstances, the subject of the craft helps participants recover from trauma. Chicago’s Project Fire worked with young victims of gun violence in using glassblowing to help them express themselves and foster social connections (Manohar & Golden, 2024). ### References %% DATAVIEW_PUBLISHER: start ```dataview list summary from [[Claim - Craft helps recovery from trauma]] where contains(file.path,"Warp") ``` %% - [[Warp/Beading as a therapeutic activity in Ghana.md|Beading as a therapeutic activity in Ghana]]: A hospital in Ghana has found beading is a successful way to improve mental health. - [[Warp/Commemorating the Loss of Family in Wars Through Bullet Jewelry.md|Commemorating the Loss of Family in Wars Through Bullet Jewelry]]: Thoeun Chantha creates jewelry from bullet shells to honor his parents who died during the Pol Pot regime. - [[Warp/Common Threads Project.md|Common Threads Project]]: This organisation treats women affected by trauma by creating a story cloth in a sewing circle. - [[Warp/Craft helps solve the mental health crisis.md|Craft helps solve the mental health crisis]]: There is a growing commitment to crafts as a way of improving mental health. - [[Warp/Crafting Caring Communication - A case study on the value of collaborative making in a care context..md|Crafting Caring Communication - A case study on the value of collaborative making in a care context.]]: Handcrafted objects helped children in a hospice communicate with staff. - [[Warp/Giving Form to Memory Drawn Thread Embroidery as Embodied ‘Re-Membering’ of Trauma Narratives.md|Giving Form to Memory Drawn Thread Embroidery as Embodied ‘Re-Membering’ of Trauma Narratives]]: Taarkashi is a form of embroidery that heals. - [[Warp/Handmade Wellbeing Handbook.md|Handmade Wellbeing Handbook]]: A project involving craft workshops in care settings for older people found increasing well-being for those suffering dementia. - [[Warp/Healing WW1 Soldiers with Craft Therapy and its Photographic Narratives of Masculine Ableism and White Privilege.md|Healing WW1 Soldiers with Craft Therapy and its Photographic Narratives of Masculine Ableism and White Privilege]]: Craft played an important role in the rehabilitation of soldiers during World War 1 by helping them alleviate pain, build confidence and develop skills for live back home. - [[Warp/Islamic Magical Texts vs. Magical Artefacts.md|Islamic Magical Texts vs. Magical Artefacts]]: In Islamic tradition, medicine bowls were believed to restore health. - [[Warp/Keep Well Ireland.md|Keep Well Ireland]]: A number of craft projects responded to the Irish government's campaign to help recovery from the COVID pandemic by using craft to stay connected. - [[Warp/One Common Myth About the Role of the Arts in Disaster Recovery.md|One Common Myth About the Role of the Arts in Disaster Recovery]]: Craft projects assist recovery from disaster by helping people share experiences. - [[Warp/Promoting Healing with Therapeutic Use of Clay.md|Promoting Healing with Therapeutic Use of Clay]]: Alice McCall Smith found working with clay enabled her to overcome depression. - [[Warp/Puerto Rican Mosaic Artist Helps Rebuild His Community.md|Puerto Rican Mosaic Artist Helps Rebuild His Community]]: \- - [[Warp/Sashiko Gals Project.md|Sashiko Gals Project]]: The Ootsuchi Sashiko Project supports the recovery from the Great East Japan Earthquake. Currently, 15 women in their 40s to 80s are working on creating products using the traditional Tohoku technique of sashiko. - [[Warp/Strathewen - The Letterbox Project.md|Strathewen - The Letterbox Project]]: The Letterbox Project in Strathewen helps community members cope with loss after devastating fires by creating together personalized mosaic letterboxes. - [[Warp/Strathewen The Letterbox Project.md|Strathewen The Letterbox Project]]: Bushfire victims gathered to make mosaic letterboxes as a shared memorial. - [[Warp/The Role of Community Arts in Trauma Recovery.md|The Role of Community Arts in Trauma Recovery]]: Chicago’s Project Fire uses glassblowing to help young victims of gun violence connect to a community, find mentorship, and aid their healing process. - [[Warp/Things Needed Made.md|Things Needed Made]]: Making provided prisoners of Khiam, the infamous detention camp in South Lebanon, with an antidote to the trauma of interminable confinement. - [[Warp/Use of Domestic Craft for Meaning-Making Post-Disaster.md|Use of Domestic Craft for Meaning-Making Post-Disaster]]: Crafting helped people recover from the Christchurch earthquake. - [[Warp/Using Crafts in Art Therapy Through an Intersectional Feminist Empowerment Lens.md|Using Crafts in Art Therapy Through an Intersectional Feminist Empowerment Lens]]: Crafts were of benefit to Bedouin woman as art therapy to develop cultural identity. - [[Warp/Watalis - workshops in disaster areas.md|Watalis - workshops in disaster areas]]: Craft workshops helped Japanese recover from earthquake disaster. %% DATAVIEW_PUBLISHER: end %%