{"id":4179,"date":"2024-03-10T17:53:40","date_gmt":"2024-03-10T16:53:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/moulindesetrebieres.com\/?p=4179"},"modified":"2026-04-07T11:38:49","modified_gmt":"2026-04-07T09:38:49","slug":"manual-activities","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.moulindesetrebieres.com\/en\/activites-manuelles\/","title":{"rendered":"The joy of handmaking"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"brz brz-root__container brz-reset-all brz-root__container-page\">\n<section id=\"toZeaRd8XmTF_toZeaRd8XmTF\" class=\"brz-section brz-css-d-section brz-css-13udk2g\">\n<div class=\"brz-section__content brz-section--boxed brz-css-d-sectionitem-bg brz-css-uxk6z1\" data-brz-custom-id=\"mJSbZczmurmJ\">\n<div class=\"brz-bg\">\n<div class=\"brz-bg-image\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"brz-container brz-css-d-sectionitem-container brz-css-m7bgmt\">\n<div id=\"\" class=\"brz-css-d-wrapper brz-css-oxfdcb brz-wrapper\">\n<div class=\"brz-rich-text brz-rich-text__custom brz-css-d-richtext brz-css-u6py01\" data-brz-custom-id=\"sSDxVPw60jjp\">\n<div data-brz-translate-text=\"1\">\n<h1 class=\"brz-text-lg-center brz-ff-glory brz-tp-lg-empty brz-ft-google brz-fs-lg-70 brz-fss-lg-px brz-fw-lg-400 brz-lh-lg-1_7 brz-ls-lg-1 brz-vfw-lg-400 brz-fwdth-lg-100 brz-fsft-lg-0 brz-bcp-empty brz-vfw-xs-400 brz-fwdth-xs-100 brz-fsft-xs-0 brz-tp-xs-empty brz-fs-xs-70 brz-fss-xs-px brz-fw-xs-400 brz-ls-xs-1 brz-lh-xs-1 brz-css-gsJj4\" data-uniq-id=\"gRYu2\" data-generated-css=\"brz-css-rRzAp\"><span class=\"brz-cp-color8 brz-scp-color1\">The joy of handmanking<\/span><\/h1>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"aznmokNM_Rmv_aznmokNM_Rmv\" class=\"brz-section brz-css-d-section brz-css-1m0zc18\">\n<div class=\"brz-section__content brz-section--boxed brz-css-d-sectionitem-bg brz-css-1dsm3c6\" data-brz-custom-id=\"yps34BrhgxhZ\">\n<div class=\"brz-bg\">\n<div class=\"brz-bg-color\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"brz-container brz-css-d-sectionitem-container brz-css-s3d0zz\">\n<div id=\"\" class=\"brz-css-d-wrapper brz-css-1pyvaot brz-wrapper\">\n<div class=\"brz-wp__postinfo brz-wp__postinfo__disabled-time brz-wp__postinfo__disabled-comments brz-css-d-wppostinfo brz-css-ce3fbi\" data-brz-custom-id=\"mMUFmT8vIxBC\">\n<div style=\"min-height:20px\">\n<div class=\"brz-wp__postinfo\">\n<ul>\n<li class=\"brz-li\">\n<p>            Moulin des Etrebi\u00e8res        <\/li>\n<li class=\"brz-li\">\n<p>\t        10 March 2024        <\/li>\n<li class=\"brz-li\">\n<p>\t        17h53        <\/li>\n<li class=\"brz-li\">\n<p>\t        0 comments        <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"brz-row__container brz-css-d-row-row brz-css-mpszkp\" data-brz-custom-id=\"cVphVkaKWX0g\">\n<div class=\"brz-row brz-css-d-row-container brz-css-r-row-container brz-css-1h7ncwc\">\n<div class=\"brz-columns brz-css-d-column-column brz-css-6ukj8m\" data-brz-custom-id=\"w9e7jY6Its2L\">\n<div class=\"brz-column__items brz-css-d-column-bg brz-css-1v8nt5v\">\n<div id=\"\" class=\"brz-css-d-wrapper brz-css-1ain6j0 brz-wrapper\">\n<div class=\"brz-rich-text brz-rich-text__custom brz-css-d-richtext brz-css-1ckzj5a\" data-brz-custom-id=\"yytagctR0nnO\">\n<div data-brz-translate-text=\"1\">\n<p class=\"brz-tp-lg-paragraph brz-ff-lato brz-ft-google brz-fs-lg-18 brz-fss-lg-px brz-fw-lg-300 brz-ls-lg-0 brz-lh-lg-1_7 brz-vfw-lg-400 brz-fwdth-lg-100 brz-fsft-lg-0 brz-css-bTuZr\" data-generated-css=\"brz-css-iH82c\" data-uniq-id=\"wPFj4\">Have you ever experienced the triumphant pride of repairing an object yourself? Have you noticed how our mind thinks better when our hands are busy? The feeling of accomplishment when you create something on your own is a powerful driver of motivation, creativity\u2026<\/p>\n<p class=\"brz-tp-lg-paragraph brz-ff-lato brz-ft-google brz-fs-lg-18 brz-fss-lg-px brz-fw-lg-300 brz-ls-lg-0 brz-lh-lg-1_7 brz-vfw-lg-400 brz-fwdth-lg-100 brz-fsft-lg-0 brz-css-wiNgE\" data-generated-css=\"brz-css-agigv\" data-uniq-id=\"hbz0f\">At Moulin des Etrebi\u00e8res, join in craft workshops to reconnect with the pleasure of handmaking. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"\" class=\"brz-css-d-wrapper brz-css-r3zv4r brz-wrapper\">\n<div class=\"brz-rich-text brz-rich-text__custom brz-css-d-richtext brz-css-10fdrw\" data-brz-custom-id=\"zJICdhfRVOSY\">\n<div data-brz-translate-text=\"1\">\n<h2 class=\"brz-fsft-lg-0 brz-fwdth-lg-100 brz-vfw-lg-400 brz-lh-lg-1_7 brz-ls-lg-0 brz-fw-lg-400 brz-fss-lg-px brz-fs-lg-24 brz-ft-google brz-ff-lato brz-tp-lg-empty brz-css-lndrN\" data-uniq-id=\"zYRfX\" data-generated-css=\"brz-css-mgjdQ\"><span class=\"brz-cp-color7\">Simple but forgotten skills<\/span><\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"\" class=\"brz-css-d-wrapper brz-css-84621n brz-wrapper\">\n<div class=\"brz-rich-text brz-rich-text__custom brz-css-d-richtext brz-css-s6yq26\" data-brz-custom-id=\"qnunDzJUVFSt\">\n<div data-brz-translate-text=\"1\">\n<p class=\"brz-tp-lg-paragraph brz-mb-lg-10 brz-css-umqVn\" data-generated-css=\"brz-css-gGCzF\" data-uniq-id=\"d83nj\"><span class=\"brz-cp-color7\">Our grandmothers learned how to sew, knit, and cook at school. Our grandfathers learned how to tinker, repair, make tools from their own fathers. Beyond the gender attributions that we can overcome today, the former generations used to reach adulthood knowing how things were made and how to create an object from scratch. Whether it is making a pie crust or a basket, repairing a snag or a garden tool, preparing a carrot bed or a compost heap, these skills have been gradually forgotten with our urban lifestyle, delegated to experts or machines.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"brz-tp-lg-paragraph brz-css-grrAp\" data-generated-css=\"brz-css-aUZMD\" data-uniq-id=\"gpiI9\"><span class=\"brz-cp-color7\">However, it is not that complicated to acquire the basics of knitting, basket weaving or home cooking, to sow a few plants on your windowsill or repair a power outlet. More and more, we try to reconnect with this know-how through tutorials on the internet. Le Moulin des Etrebi\u00e8res invites you to rediscover basic techniques in permaculture, home cooking, craft work and DIY during craft workshops. You will be initiated by passionate craftsmen, eager to pass on their know-how. <\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"\" class=\"brz-css-d-wrapper brz-css-1i5qgsm brz-wrapper\">\n<div class=\"brz-rich-text brz-rich-text__custom brz-css-d-richtext brz-css-1ml6sr\" data-brz-custom-id=\"qnWKKVvQocAN\">\n<div data-brz-translate-text=\"1\">\n<h2 class=\"brz-tp-lg-empty brz-ff-lato brz-ft-google brz-fs-lg-24 brz-fss-lg-px brz-fw-lg-400 brz-ls-lg-0 brz-lh-lg-1_7 brz-vfw-lg-400 brz-fwdth-lg-100 brz-fsft-lg-0 brz-css-n20Av\" data-generated-css=\"brz-css-qqaW1\" data-uniq-id=\"pzLJ9\"><span class=\"brz-cp-color7\">A path to empowerment<\/span><\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"\" class=\"brz-css-d-wrapper brz-css-sb0nsm brz-wrapper\">\n<div class=\"brz-rich-text brz-rich-text__custom brz-css-d-richtext brz-css-1jhccuj\" data-brz-custom-id=\"sJ4rux4M2Nw4\">\n<div data-brz-translate-text=\"1\">\n<p class=\"brz-tp-lg-paragraph brz-mb-lg-10 brz-css-dSSCQ\" data-generated-css=\"brz-css-nZ9oO\" data-uniq-id=\"xrJVH\"><span class=\"brz-cp-color7\">Once upon a time, my tumble-dryer broke. Stubbornly, I took apart what I could and discovered that the belt had broken. I found a new belt on the internet and managed, with some difficulty, to reinstall it. That day, I felt a strong sense of pride. I had avoided scrapping the device (which frequently happens) and\/or the high-price intervention of a handyman.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"brz-tp-lg-paragraph brz-css-sjFkD\" data-generated-css=\"brz-css-xRtJ1\" data-uniq-id=\"hAn0B\"><span class=\"brz-cp-color7\">This feeling of pride when we succeed in creating, repairing, adapting with your own hands is addictive. We feel stronger, more autonomous, capable of fending for ourselves. It is a powerful motivator. During craft workshops, you will rediscover the simple techniques of our ancestors, techniques that have the power to make life simpler.  <\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"\" class=\"brz-css-d-wrapper brz-css-y5jjuv brz-wrapper\">\n<div class=\"brz-rich-text brz-rich-text__custom brz-css-d-richtext brz-css-hx4181\" data-brz-custom-id=\"h8hB3ZN7hEwa\">\n<div data-brz-translate-text=\"1\">\n<h2 class=\"brz-tp-lg-empty brz-ff-lato brz-ft-google brz-fs-lg-24 brz-fss-lg-px brz-fw-lg-400 brz-ls-lg-0 brz-lh-lg-1_7 brz-vfw-lg-400 brz-fwdth-lg-100 brz-fsft-lg-0 brz-css-evlPC\" data-generated-css=\"brz-css-kPxiT\" data-uniq-id=\"kPw6P\"><span class=\"brz-cp-color7\">Reusing resources<\/span><\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"\" class=\"brz-css-d-wrapper brz-css-1p1weyk brz-wrapper\">\n<div class=\"brz-rich-text brz-rich-text__custom brz-css-d-richtext brz-css-pv3noc\" data-brz-custom-id=\"hCAFOpO1ZfY1\">\n<div data-brz-translate-text=\"1\">\n<p data-uniq-id=\"zj1PY\" data-generated-css=\"brz-css-aTG97\" class=\"brz-tp-lg-paragraph brz-mb-lg-10 brz-css-deuJB\">Craft workshops are also an opportunity to make do with what you have at hand, to use available resources to transform and adapt an object rather than buying another. It\u2019s a way of recycling and preserving the planet\u2019s resources which will become scarcier.<\/p>\n<p data-uniq-id=\"pX2ol\" data-generated-css=\"brz-css-yPcoM\" class=\"brz-tp-lg-paragraph brz-mb-lg-10 brz-css-ncLZ3\">Whether transforming vegetables from the garden into a delicious and healthy meal, or repairing an everyday object so that it will last for many more years, or again making a kitchen table out of the former roof structure, it is empowering to know how to make by hand.<\/p>\n<p data-uniq-id=\"dxgXt\" data-generated-css=\"brz-css-vq_c1\" class=\"brz-tp-lg-paragraph brz-css-oxYhH\">Besides, we remain attached to what we have fabricated ourselves. The object acquires its own history and beauty despite any imperfections. It has the \u2018handmade\u2019 cachet. With a little practice, we get better and bolder at our craft and find joy in making personalized gifts filled with the love we put into them.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"\" class=\"brz-css-d-wrapper brz-css-1xh35ie brz-wrapper\">\n<div class=\"brz-rich-text brz-rich-text__custom brz-css-d-richtext brz-css-1188nce\" data-brz-custom-id=\"tPIYx27HzGXQ\">\n<div data-brz-translate-text=\"1\">\n<h2 class=\"brz-fsft-lg-0 brz-fwdth-lg-100 brz-vfw-lg-400 brz-lh-lg-1_7 brz-ls-lg-0 brz-fw-lg-400 brz-fss-lg-px brz-fs-lg-24 brz-ft-google brz-ff-lato brz-tp-lg-empty brz-css-neywR\" data-uniq-id=\"cGEwB\" data-generated-css=\"brz-css-vtjdA\"><span class=\"brz-cp-color7\">Well-being associated with manual activities<\/span><\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"\" class=\"brz-css-d-wrapper brz-css-100rr9c brz-wrapper\">\n<div class=\"brz-rich-text brz-rich-text__custom brz-css-d-richtext brz-css-171zrqy\" data-brz-custom-id=\"var_HCwQOVuV\">\n<div data-brz-translate-text=\"1\">\n<p class=\"brz-tp-lg-paragraph brz-mb-lg-10 brz-css-ldRQX\" data-generated-css=\"brz-css-pfFJA\" data-uniq-id=\"tS3Dw\">After years of grueling physical labor, machines have had a liberating effect on our societies. But in our rush to lighten our burden, we have also lost respect for manual work : \u2018thinking is for the smart one, making is for those who don\u2019t have the brains\u2019. However, nothing further from the truth.<\/p>\n<p class=\"brz-tp-lg-paragraph brz-mb-lg-10 brz-css-dwuNQ\" data-generated-css=\"brz-css-nXusA\" data-uniq-id=\"cC0Hw\">A lot of thought goes into the crafting of a beautiful object or into repairing efficiently. This is why today, we no longer dare to do it ourselves and we outsource the repair. We no longer know how to go about it, where to start and what are the steps.<\/p>\n<p class=\"brz-tp-lg-paragraph brz-mb-lg-10 brz-css-gIMOP\" data-generated-css=\"brz-css-y8WzQ\" data-uniq-id=\"dOJTD\">Furthermore, there is a deep feeling of well-being associated with manual activities. For example, there is nothing like a weeding session to clear your mind and suddenly find solutions to problems you have long tried to solve. And how many people love cooking because it relaxes them profoundly?<\/p>\n<p class=\"brz-tp-lg-paragraph brz-css-r0QID\" data-generated-css=\"brz-css-xoXbJ\" data-uniq-id=\"qfVqZ\">It is high time to put manual work back on its pedestal, at the center of education, alongside theoretical thinking. Visit Moulin des Etrebi\u00e8res, to reconnect with clever ancient techniques, and rediscover the joys of handmaking.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section><\/div>\n<p><!-- version:1770381265 --><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Re-learning to make Moulin des Etrebi\u00e8res 10 March 2024 17h53 0 comments Have you ever succeeded in repairing an object and felt triumphant pride? Have you ever noticed how much you think when you're concentrating on a manual activity? The feeling of accomplishment you get when you make something yourself is a powerful motivator, a source of creativity and a source of well-being. ... <a title=\"The joy of handmaking\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.moulindesetrebieres.com\/en\/activites-manuelles\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about Re-learning to DO\">Read more<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":5705,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"brizy-blank-template.php","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"none","_seopress_titles_title":"R\u00e9apprendre \u00e0 FAIRE de ses propres mains","_seopress_titles_desc":"Retrouver le plaisir de cr\u00e9er et r\u00e9parer soi-m\u00eame et le bien-\u00eatre procur\u00e9 par le travail manuel. 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