As you can see, rather a lot of curatorial problems immediately surface. How do you buy it, maintain it, service it, repair it, deploy it? Also, why would anyone look at it? This YouTube video has well over two million hits.

*They cost no more than children’s toys do.

*I like the informality of this.

“Includes serrated blade, can opener, inch rule, needle nose pliers, bolt gripper, soft wire cutter, straight-edge blade, awl, jewelry driver, hook cutter, file, mm rule, magnetic bit holder, wire crimper, bevel gauge, scissors, bottle opener, #1 Phillips.” https://sogknives.com/powerpint/ The most interesting aspect of this modest multi-tool are the power-assisting gears on the tiny pliers, which […]

*I bought one to carry around here in Texas. It’s a decent multitool for its modest size, weight and price.

*Lia’s vivid generative art can be a difficult to display, so the way this gallery has arranged that inside what seems to be a traditional Turkish multi-story mansion, that’s quite a curatorial feat. *They’re using a “Matterport 3D Virtual Tour,” among other things. https://www.kalyonkultur.org/lia-hayati-kodlamak/

*This seems like an excellent way to slice your fingers with jagged edges of thin metal, but he is unperturbed, and deploys his specialized implements with great confidence. *This YouTube channel of lost Spanish rural crafts has a lot of interesting work for the scholar of obscure tools.

*That was indeed a difficult year, but they’re always up to something. https://makezine.com/2021/12/23/make-2021-year-in-review/