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‘Mind Upon Mind’ – From ‘Honest Labour’ –
Editor’s note: For the next several weeks, we will feature some of our favorite columns from “Honest Labour: The Charles H. Hayward” years, along with a few sentences about why these particular columns hit the mark. If you know anything about me, my primary reason for selecting this 1937 column as a favorite will be …
Workbench Personality No. 2: The Traditionalist –
The Traditionalist sends me an email. He wants to find a source for his slab workbench top. It needs to be 6” thick, 20” wide and 9’ long. One piece of oak. And rived. Definitely rived. Rived is best. He’s talked to a tree service in his town about riving a tree for him, but …
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Top panel removed & key revealed. –
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Sirens of the Ditch –
I’ve seen a lot of slideshows of people’s incredible, breathtaking and life-changing work. For the first 50 years of my life, I watched and was inspired. Graceful furniture forms. Astonishing craftsmanship. Shimmering finishes. All of it made me say: I want to go there. And in my heart, I thought I could. But something happened …
Lost Art Press
A sugidama (cedar needle ball) outside a saki shop. Share this: Print Email Facebook Tumblr Pinterest Twitter Like this: Like Loading…
“Blauer Montag beim Praterheurigen” 1818, Wein Museum. –
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Making Book Part 21: Drowning Your Puppies –
When “The Stick Chair Book” finally evolved from a vague notion into an outline, I knew instantly what I wanted to put on the book’s cover: a carving of a stick chair made by artist, fellow chairmaker and friend Rudy Everts. Rudy made the carving last year, and it’s one of my most prized possessions. …
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