About
About this publication
mymas.org writes down how things are made in Britain, one process at a time.
This is a register. Each entry takes one material, names where the work happens, and sets out what the process actually demands — a statute, a temperature, a property of the material, a stitch that can be cut and replaced. Six materials are covered: cloth, clay, steel, alloy, leather and glass. Eighteen processes sit beneath them.
The entries are written from the process outwards. Where a place is part of the definition, as it is with Harris Tweed, the place is named. Where a number decides the outcome, as it does in tempering or annealing, the number is given. Where the interesting thing is a piece of geometry, it is drawn rather than described.
Companies and products are named where naming them is the only honest way to describe how something is made. Nothing here ranks manufacturers, promotes a business, or makes any claim about a company’s finances or prospects.
Photographs are credited where a credit is required. Drawings are made for this site.