I made a few attempts of improvising with the sound of crafting. (Also I find that the word crafting is more accurate than making as it highlights the essence of producing something manually.) In the first few trials, I made use of multi-field-recording of birdsongs and natural soundscapes, adding filter to cut or put emphasis on certain sounds, with spatialisation and re-pitching. Yet, I found that the main focus or ‘protagonist’ would become a bit blurred as the sounds would overlap each other. The emphasis on the sound of crafting would be a bit lost so as the discussion on craftsmanship in sounds. Therefore, I started using one main source of sound. I used field recordings of wood cutting and water boiling by campfire, as well as sounds of pottery throwing retrieved from the internet. I could then focus on manipulating one sound rather than a few sounds.
Technically, using one main source of sound was better executed given that Octatrack was limited to 8 tracks. With one main sound source, I could then utilise the other tracks for instant re-sampling and to acquire more neighbour tracks. Neighbour track receives audio signals from the previous track and functions as an add-on effect, providing more effects and control on the audio chain.
It was also my intention to create limitation for myself by using one main source of sound. When I keep re-sampling, it is also a sound of making, as improvising with sound shares the same idea of crafting.