handmake

English

Etymology

hand +‎ make, a back-formation from handmade.

Verb

handmake (third-person singular simple present handmakes, present participle handmaking, simple past and past participle handmade)

  1. (transitive) To make by hand; to manufacture manually.
    • 2009 June 11, Penelope Green, “Save That Driftwood for Them”, in New York Times‎:
      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.
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