Carl Klein has the travel bug. Rather than simply collecting destinations Carl is an adventurer who spends time living off the usual tourist routes, immersing himself in local communities and cultures

As those communities developed confidence in him, they started to share their joys and fears with Carl. Carl learnt that one of the fears of local crafts people was that they worried that they would be the last practitioner of their craft.

The problem is that craft-based work is not as interesting to young people as an office job.

Carl decided that with access to a wider market the crafts the commercial viability and profitability of those crafts would increase. Then more young people might be interested in a craft-based career.

Carl decided that he could help by creating documentariesto share his fascination with the crafts. He also added a retail opportunity so that people who shared his enthusiasm could have unique han- crafted products in their home.

is an adventurer. Fibre art is any fine art that uses natural or synthetic fibre, fabric or yarn to create an item that can be displayed, used or worn.

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Being a Guest

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