Rules, Nov 4 Draft:

1) no pre-existing human infrastructure can be used to create objects. No knives, no tools, no clothing, no shoes, no hardwood floor, no cement floor… unless they were created from scratch.

2) you can make objects in your backyard so long as the surface you are on, could, conceivably been created by nature.

3) if you really don’t want to be naked when you create your first few objects, I would suggest creating a loincloth first. This project is not about nudity, but it’s important that we stick to the purity of having made things from scratch.

4) You must document ever scrachmade item you create. This will allow you to to continue using your scratchmade tools to make other tools or items, thus ensuring a “pure” linage of scratchmade origins. It’s allowed to use modern technology for documentation. Photos and video should be posted to www.scratchmaker.org

5) travel: you can trade your scratchmade items with other “scratchmakers”. You need not restrict yourself to “by foot” travel. It’s ok to simulate large time-horizons by using moden infrastructure for the purposes of travelling. So long as it would have been conceivably possible for the journey to have been undertaken by foot or scratchmade vehicle over a long time periode.