I Grab a Few Treasures to Work On
…complexities of not just making the joints but ways of awkward working that avoided damage when the completed joint needed planing, assembling, clamping or dismantling. A ground scallop converse to…
…complexities of not just making the joints but ways of awkward working that avoided damage when the completed joint needed planing, assembling, clamping or dismantling. A ground scallop converse to…
…with fear and doubt to the point of freezing any and all movement including brain on the spot. I didn’t think about whether I could or could not get it…
…into the development of ergonomic design of saw handles than any modern maker and all modern makers either copied what existed or dumbed down the designs to come up with…
…titles on any category you care to name ranging from Art to Architecture and then hundreds more in subcategories. Looking at the upright splines as I searched, I realised that…
Some days were made longer by the repetitive elements in the projects. Joinery often comprises subassemblies of frames, be they the replication of same-sized frames or individually sized ones. The…
…some secondary level when it comes to creative ability. I recall judging at furniture making shows where amateur work sat right alongside the best professionals and there was no difference…
…lifted from the bottom of an old basket in a junk shop and the name searched out with a scratch of a thumbnail. I had never seen it that way,…
…because my research via questionnaires and such showed that we had hit the mark with regards to the important factors. Three decades ago we tackled the misinformation with regards to…
…places of specialisation. John apprenticed with me for two hears. He entered a national competition for professional makers and took second place. After judging, talking to the judges they found…
…to fit. Few people come to it but hundreds of thousands of people see me in it each month so over the past year that’s millions. Order is important to…
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