Von Hand is an annual international craft gathering rooted in traditional skills, community, and connection. Set in the forests of Brexbachtal, it’s a week of hands-on workshops, shared meals, and meaningful time together — a space to reconnect with self, place, and each other through the act of making by hand.

At its heart, Von Hand is about connection:

—to self, through the grounding, transformative act of making

—to others, through shared meals, conversations by the fire, and the quiet companionship of crafting side by side

—and to place, by living lightly on the land for a week, and letting the rhythms of the forest shape the pace of the day.

It is a rare space where the boundaries between teacher and student blur, where people arrive as strangers and leave feeling like kin. In a world that so often pulls us apart, Von Hand offers a return to something older, slower, and deeply human — the joy of learning together, living together, and making by hand.