<story><title>Specialist makers working hard to keep unique skills alive</title><url>https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2022/jun/26/tricks-of-their-trade-meet-the-uks-most-unusual-master-crafters</url></story><parent_chain></parent_chain><comment><author>JoeAltmaier</author><text>My cousin makes prosthetic eyes! They&amp;#x27;ve moved on from glass to special materials, but still hand-paint each eye bespoke.&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;artificialeyes.net&amp;#x2F;ocularists&amp;#x2F;iowa&amp;#x2F;coralville-vbulgarelli&amp;#x2F;&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;artificialeyes.net&amp;#x2F;ocularists&amp;#x2F;iowa&amp;#x2F;coralville-vbulga...&lt;/a&gt;</text></comment>
<story><title>Specialist makers working hard to keep unique skills alive</title><url>https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2022/jun/26/tricks-of-their-trade-meet-the-uks-most-unusual-master-crafters</url></story><parent_chain></parent_chain><comment><author>dzink</author><text>This exists in many fields, including software engineering (programming in Ada or Cobol, for example). In healthcare and surgery it is particularly relevant as some surgeons get a very rare and specialized types of cases that then allow them to develop new techniques and nobody but maybe at times 1-2 residents or fellows get to watch to even get a chance to learn. A combination of small&amp;#x2F;rare demand and limited distribution of the craft due to the apprenticeship nature of it.</text></comment>