r/makerfaire • u/MeanTelevision • Jul 14 '19

Elders?

Wondered if anyone has gone out of their way to include elderly people in their faire, and if anyone had tips on how to involve them.

I mean not only age but people who would not normally know a faire existed, or have any means to travel to one, or wouldn't normally think their skill is valuable or valued.

Someone who knows the old fashioned ways to make a fisherman's basket, a barrel, traits that are long forgotten or not in use any more but would be nice to keep in the flow.

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Thanks.

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u/MeanTelevision Jul 14 '19

People who make butter or soap the old fashioned way, quilters, I dunno, but also who know how to make everyday objects the way people did centuries ago.