Woodworkers Hookah, 1870

‘A lacquer worker and turner finishing a hookah’, India 1870 “The object to be lacquered is turned from hard wood, usually shisham [Dalbergia]or box. After being smoothed and cleaned it is again fixed in the turners’ frame (a kind of Read More …

Something from Nothing

Old Hemp Rope at shipyard   Something from Nothing So superior is hemp, that even the discarded old beaten ropes are worth saving… When a Hemp rope has lived its life and is in desperate need of replacement, they are Read More …