Im not sure if this post matters but im bored.
Ive debated on making stickers or candles just to learn something but im unsure as i dont have a use for them afterwards, havent tried it yet because i overthink.
Should i go with one of the crafts i suggest or is there something more suited for men out there, maybe bread making?
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I have a different issue: crafts that don’t take up a lot of space. And similar to your issue with candles, something that actually have a use for. I already have more stuff than I want and am looking to cut back, so crafts that add a bunch of stuff are a no-go for me.
On that note, I’d say that cooking is a really good starting point unless you are already a good cook. You can eat the results, and you might get popular if you get really good. While I’m not a great cook, I do enjoy getting experimental in the kitchen.
Gender thing aside, just draw. Pencil, sharpener, and paper are cheap. You might already have them. Start by doodling and doing some tutorials/exercises. Go from there.
As others have said, what on earth does your gender have to do with your choice of hobby? If you would like to do needlepoint but don’t because you’re worried that it’s unmanly, you’re an insecure little…
Anyway, candle making would be my hobby if one didn’t end up making candles in the process. Bread making is perfect in that sense. I love my loaves.
But how about jewellery making? Fire, molten metal, precision…
Or maybe metalworking? https://youtu.be/lVYu8KUYAgY
Anyway, candle making would be my hobby if one didn’t end up making candles in the process.
Idk why but this has me cracking up
Wood carving!
There are many materials for carving. Plaster or hydrocal is cheaper and can leave a white marble effect.
Working with wood is so satisfying. Carving is easy to start and you can also sculpt with stone. Or if you’re feeling ambitious and work on your skills you could make guitars.
You could also get into repairing and repurposing discarded stuff. There might be some clubs around dedicated to that skill.
Do what appeals to you. Nothing wrong with a man making stickers and candles if that’s what you like.
Don’t get much cheaper than bushcraft/primitive survival! The materials are everywhere. A primitive stone knife is my next project: get a nice piece of flint from a river bed, a decent hammer stone, a few other simple items, and start knapping. It’s amazing how sharp a piece of stone can get! Or, build a fire, expand it to a mud kiln and fire some earthware pottery you just worked from the land. Reclaim some dead timber and build a small cabin. Collect various grasses and make a basket. And, start a fire via friction. Learn how we did it thousands of years ago.
Favorite YouTube channels: Donny Dust, Primitive Technology, Bertram, Coalcracker Bushcraft, Woodsbound Outdoors.
Watching guys do primitive/outdoor shit like this makes me hot for a caveman bonk.
Land to do it on legally costs a huge amount of money. Otherwise a lot of this sort of thing would interest me in trying out.
Made nettle cordage by stealing nettles from the park. Extracted clay from soil I stole from the park and fired it in a cheap BBQ. Limited to pretty small things though.
I practice some of it in my backyard with local wood and materials, and sometimes while off-trail camping. I’ll admit, having forested farmland all around me helps immensely.
Does the dick get in the way of regular crafting?
edit for shilling: I started !Art_Alchemist_Guild@lemmy.today a month ago. It’s for art sharing, show and tell, how-tos, discussions and challenges for a ton of different crafts. I’ve done damn near everything from machining to crochet, so I’m happy to help out. Bring whichever combination of genitals you prefer.
I have in fact lived through a few near-castration experiences with the crank of my bench vice.
Oof, I lost finger-skin to that slidey bitch. Does that make carpentry and machining more or less manly?
I’m ways you’d find difficult to believe 😮💨
Well, it gives you an extra crochet sometimes an extra hammer or even a great stick for your car
Is it supposed to be narrow and hooked?
Cooking, baking and other kitchen skills are valuable. Knowing how to prepare your own food allows you to buy bulk ingredients like potatoes and carrots, turning them into delicious meals. However, pre-packaged items often cost more. Instead, choose ingredients you can select individually, weigh them, and then purchase the whole bag.
Food like this is cheaper, comes with a hobby and tastes great.
I second baking. Preppy Kitchen is a valuable site/yt channel to get all your recipe from, and his recipe is good too. I use his choc chip cookie, brownie, and lemon pound cake recipe and my friends and families approved.
Bread making is great. It’s cheap, easy, and you get bread whenever you want it. It’s also a skill to develop to make better loaves. It’s good to know in case of emergencies or food shortages. It costs less and is healthier than the junk at the store. It’s also incredibly manly to be able to provide for yourself and others with your own two hands. Make bread.
My dad used to make bread as Christmas gifts. December 23-24 the kitchen would just be a bread factory. And honestly, his freshly baked loaves were super impressive and they felt like personal gifts, something that someone actually put time and effort into.
Also, I think the holidays were stressful, and the process of making bread brought some zen like calm.
I also second (third?) this! And the possible variations are also fun to explore! Recently, I’m hooked on scones. 🤤
And you can give it away. Most people love bread!
I second this. Just started and I love it so much. It is so easy to learn how to make a basic loaf of bread yet so rewarding. And even if you fail, you still get bread, just a bit stiff or full of holes, but it will taste like bread. At the same time it’s a craft you can continue developping for a good while if you get hooked, because making the perfect loaf takes practice.
Cross stitch has an incredibly low barrier for entry, you can get all-in-one kits for like $2-3 at your local craft store. There’s also knitting/crochet: it’s worth trying both, many people can’t get one or the other to click.
If you have around 10 yards indoors or outdoors, a cheap air pistol or rifle can get you started on target shooting, though shooting sports can easily spiral into one of those comically expensive hobbies.
It may be worth looking at what your options are for local maker spaces. They’ll often have the fixed assets for lots of different hobbies.
There really isn’t much in the way of “more suited for men” hobbies, outside of maybe penis hammering.
Don’t forget penis whittling
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Circumcision with extra steps?
There really isn’t much in the way of “more suited for men” hobbies, outside of maybe penis hammering.
Maybe he could get into those silly elaborate beard competitions
penis hammering
Visions of Pain Olympics…
I don’t understand the gendered aspect of this question. Surely hobbies are not gendered.
Girls and grandmas knit wool socks whereas real men forge knives… or at least that’s the stereotype. Same thing is happening with computers too. Building a PC is seen as a guy hobby while riding horses is seen as hobby for school girls.
Why though? That sort of division is just archaic. People should be allowed to have whatever hobbies they find interesting. Who cares how that activity was viewed a 100 years ago. You don’t need to worry about obsolete perceptions in the 2020s.
I didn’t research but riding a horse couldn’t have been girls only 100 years ago right?
I might just look that stereotype history up.
They shouldn’t be, but we are still transitioning out of segregated hobbies. And there are issues when say a knitting group of 60 year old women may be uncomfortable with a man joining. Or vice versa for a stereotypical male hobby.
You totally underestimate knitters. Knitters are bad ass. People 60 today are GenX! I know it was just an example and refuting it doesn’t prove anything, but my point is that’s an increasingly archaic view and I don’t think we need to mollycoddle people with such views any longer.
True, we don’t. Just pointing out what I still see, especially prevalent amongst people who have a Christian background in this area.
Why would women be uncomfortable about a dude joining if it’s not a gendered club? I haven’t met knitters of any age who wouldn’t be thrilled to talk wool weights and patterns with anyone. I’m a woman who’s been in and taught a ton of art and craft groups, they’ve all been mixed in age and genders. Art is for everyone.
I agree, but we still have a generation that avoid men as they are a threat to vulnerable women, or seen as they don’t belong.
I’m not if that era. My girls all know how to change tires, brakes and oil on their cars. Two of them capable of doing major auto work. And my son likes nail polish.
But my moms era is still highly focused on gendered activities.
My experience has been much different. I do everything from woodworking to Arduino to crochet, I’ve seen quite a few different group dynamics in gender and ages.
That’s not to say you’re wrong, lotta people have dumbass opinions on gender, but I’m so thankful I haven’t experienced much of that in the art world. The men’s sheds opening to women in the UK are a great example of positive change among the older generation.
Hobbies are certainly gender-biased. I haven’t met a female iron scrap sculptor in my life, ever. Conversely, I have known several (five IIRC) female painters, but only one male painter.
Disclaimer: I mean real life meeting, social networks or YouTube don’t count. YMMV.
Crazy, I’ve only ever met one iron scrap sculptor and she’s a woman.
I’m a man. I paint, crochet, sew, have done macrame, cook, bake and garden. I also play multiple musical instruments, work on engines and other mechanical shit, fish, shoot guns, weld, keep bonsai, and so fucking many other things. Hobbies and crafts are just skills learned and practiced for the enjoyment of doing it. I know men and women who do all of the things I do and some things I don’t. Hell, I know a chick blacksmith, and she makes some pretty badass knives, man. Most folks do not advertise their hobbies, they just do them.
There are 8 billion human beings at the moment. That you think your personal sample through individual interactions is remotely representative is a little egotistical at best.
I dont think anybody is arguing that only men can do X or only women can do Y, but more that X may be a more male dominated hobby or Y is more female dominated and these are the people you’re going to encounter if you join local groups, or what have you. It may be awkward depending on your personality.
Take gender out of it and replace it with something like religion and it might make more sense: “if you pick up this hobby you might encounter a lot of fundamentalist Christians” which could be awkward if you’re an athiest for example.
Like I’m into cars/trucks but a lot of people in the automotive hobby can be real douchebags. That doesn’t stop me from enjoying the hobby but it keeps me away from a lot of meetups with strangers.
Painting
You can go a long way with a cheap set of brushes and a kids watercolor or acrylic set
Sorry, I have it on good authority that painting is not manly.
I paint with knives/scrapers almost exclusively. I think that makes it a bit manly.
It makes it more metal, but sorry, you’re a metal chick.
Have a happy little accident with a salami slicer?
Shhhh don’t say that out loud
Are you trying to make Hitler 2: electric Boogaloo?
Why does the craft need to be gendered? Will your penis fall off if you take up baking or sewing? I do both and it’s still firmly attatched.
Does home brewing count as a craft?
You can get started with a soup pot and a 5 gallon bucket, but if you enjoy it, there’s no shortage of upgrades to spend money on!
I started with a few 2L off brand cola bottles.
Plus, you get to call yourself an artisanal craftsperson, which sounds much nicer than “keg stand Steve”.
Pretty sure craft beers count as a craft…
Carving. You just need a knife and something to carve. I’ve tried wood, chalk, sandstone (very soft rock I picked up on a beach), soap, florists sponge, etc.
Edit: actually you don’t even need the knife. The chalk and sandstone I used stationery to work the medium.
