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Oda Kern

Known as Oda

A senior moulder, Oda teaches ways to work around reduced hand strength and insists that skilled labour deserves credit.

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a brick terrace near Cinderbank Foundry, Brackenzell
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Oda points to a maker’s record while Rika explains an adapter drawing beside an adapted tool handle at a stopped bench.
Oda and Rika: whose work is recognised

Practical adaptation and access to knowledge raise questions about whose labour receives credit.

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left, pointing to the maker’s record. Rika is a younger workshop collaborator; they disagree over credit and the circulation of designs.

Also in the scene: Rika Dren

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Oda Kern's proposed appearance, a senior brown-skinned woman with silver curls, teaches a younger apprentice to prepare a sand mould at a dry bench.
Skill at the moulding bench

Oda Kern and an apprentice concentrate on mould preparation. Their proposed appearances express skill, fatigue and pride in difficult work.

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left, demonstrating at the moulding bench. Mira is an apprentice learning the mould from her; she is not Rika Dren.

Also in the scene: Mira Ken

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