
Eiso Jargesstraat 15, 9886 PA Saaksum
j.kleinedeters.90@gmail.com
'Vroeger was alles beter' - 'It used to be better'.
De Nieuwe Smederij aims to locally revive the art of craftsmanship. Much like the blacksmith once represented the pinnacle of decentralized production, it also empowered local tinkerers and inventors across numerous Dutch villages. The value of apprenticeships has been eroded due to the rise of mass education. However, in this age of globalization and AI-assisted teaching, we need to rethink and revalue our stands on the transfer of knowledge, skills, and crafts for one human to another.
De Nieuwe Smederij is a not profit organization that tries to establish local modes to experience and re-embed the tradition of apprenticeship trough problem-oriented ideation and prototyping in the former old blacksmith in Saaksum.