Meanings
verbhandmake (third-person singular simple present handmakes, present participle handmaking, simple past and past participle handmade)
present singular third person handmakes · participle present handmaking · participle past handmade · past handmade
- transitiveTo make by hand; to manufacture manually.
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.
2009 June 11, Penelope Green, “Save That Driftwood for Them”, in New York Times
Origin
From hand + make, a back-formation from handmade.
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