Cover story
The last loom on the street: a weaver keeps a hundred-year-old pattern alive
Every morning at six the shuttle starts moving. We spent a week in a small workshop to understand why some patterns refuse to disappear.
İpek Sarı · 14 min read
Issue 14 · Autumn
Slow design for a fast world.
Kerf is an independent journal about craft, making and the people who still build things by hand. New long reads every Thursday.
Latest stories
Why joinery beats screws
A furniture maker on building chairs that outlive their owners.
Onur Tan · 8 min read
A kitchen built around one window
Light first, cabinets second: a small flat rethought.
Mira Holt · 6 min read
The humble enamel mug
How a camping staple became a design icon.
Ali Vural · 5 min read
In conversation with a letterpress printer
Metal type, patience and the beauty of imperfect ink.
İpek Sarı · 11 min read
Clay, fire and forty kilns
A pottery village that shares its kilns every spring.
Onur Tan · 9 min read
Studios that fit in a garage
Five makers show how little space great work needs.
Mira Holt · 7 min read
What Kerf stands for
Made, not generated
Every story is reported in person, in the workshop.
Long reads, no rush
One carefully edited story a week beats ten quick ones.
Reader supported
No sponsored content, ever. Subscribers keep us independent.
Original photography
Our photographers visit every maker we write about.
Contributors
Writers and photographers from six cities.
- İpek SarıEditor-in-chief
- Onur TanCraft writer
- Mira HoltSpaces editor
- Ali VuralPhotographer
