handmake
English edit
Etymology edit
hand + make, a back-formation from handmade.
Verb edit
handmake (third-person singular simple present handmakes, present participle handmaking, simple past and past participle handmade)
- (transitive) To make by hand; to manufacture manually.
- 2009 June 11, Penelope Green, “Save That Driftwood for Them”, in New York Times[1]:
- The two are handmaking mirrors, sculptures and furnishings from salvaged materials (or “plundered trash,” as Mr. Welsh calls it), driftwood and Mr. Salaiz’s ceramics pieces.