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We are surrounded by mass-produced items, which are ____ in quick and cheap ways that ensure maximum profits.

____ things without relying on machines is often difficult and slow.

That ____ why more and more craft skills are going extinct.

Despite all this, ____ are artisans around the world who make things in the old ways with their own bare hands.

Here are three countries that show ____ traditional crafts are still standing.

The women in the town of Sejnane in Tunisia, like Aljia ____ and her daughter, Rim, still follow the methods of making pottery by hand that date back over 3,000 years.

____ collect clay and spread it out to dry for about five days under the sun.

They add broken pieces of pottery to make ____ clay stronger.

The mixture ____ molded into a shape that comes to mind on the spot.

Then, the piece is coated with white clay or ____ earth.

Next, it is fired over ____ open flame.

Then, it is finally time to decorate ____

All the colors come from nature, and the designs give the pottery its unique ____

In ____ past, the women of Sejnane mostly made practical items like bowls, dishes, and cups.

Unfortunately, it is much harder to sell those nowadays, since ____ plastic and metal products are cheaper.

This made the women think ____ creatively, and now they design original pieces like vases and dolls.

The work is tough, and the ____ has been avoided by young people.

However, Rim says, “It has made me a more ____ person.

Everything about it needs to be done step by ____

Everything is in slow ____

This is ____ a life lesson that I really cherish.”

Aranmula, a ____ in India, is home to the traditional craft of mirror making.

Here, ____ mirrors are made entirely of metal.

With typical glass mirrors, light has to travel through the glass in order to get reflected on the back of the glass ____ with metal.

In contrast, the ____ mirror reflects light on the surface of the metal and shows a more accurate reflection.

The craft ____ been passed down in Aranmula for around 500 years.

Sudhammal ____ learned the trade secrets from her father when she was little, including the formula for the perfect ratio of tin and copper to create the mirror’s reflective surface.

The process is incredibly ____ and is done entirely by hand.

Sudhammal works with ____ son, Niranjan, often into the night.

They first make a clay ____ and then prepare pieces of tin and copper.

With the right mixture of the metal ____ filling the inside, the clay mold sits in a 1,200-degree fire for about an hour.

After the metal pieces melt, they ____ down the mold, break it, and take the mirror out of it.

____ isn’t reflective just yet.

It ____ to go through several rounds of polishing.

The final step is to fix the ____ inside the metal frame.

Niranjan came home to the craft after getting a ____ degree.

“My grandfather’s death led me to help my ____

Through that, my interest and passion ____ too.

The new generation seems uninterested in the craft ____ because of the harsh working conditions, unbearable heat, and long hours of tiring work.

However, we won’t sell our craft to machines because that would end up dissolving ____ collective identity.”

In Jeonju, Korea, Kim Dong-sik has ____ making hapjukseons, traditional folding fans that used to be reserved for royal families.

He uses a 350-year-old ____ that has been passed down through his family.

Although the fan looks simple, the process of making it involves about 150 ____ steps using natural materials.

____ takes four to five days to make just one fan.

It starts ____ preparing bamboo.

He makes it soft by boiling it and leaves it ____ to dry for up to two weeks.

Then, he splits the bamboo into strips and thins them ____ again and again until you can see through them.

____ then glues two strips into one rib and binds the ribs tightly.

This makes ____ fan incredibly strong.

Now that the framework is ready, he spreads the fan ribs ____ with glue applied on them.

Then, he carefully attaches paper to the ribs, folding it for each ____

Afterward, the ____ may be left plain or decorated by a painter.

Kim says, “To make a fan, you ____ a lot of patience and determination.

In the old days, all the fans were made ____ way.

I stand by this so that the perfect traditional ____ can be taught and carried into the future.”