AWFS Fair Las Vegas # 4
Just a few thoughts this morning. A few days ago I was in the UK pondering a question. How can I, getting ready to go to Vegas in three days…
Just a few thoughts this morning. A few days ago I was in the UK pondering a question. How can I, getting ready to go to Vegas in three days…
Perhaps my last Paul Sellers blog on the AWFS Fair in Las Vegas for this year, not sure. As you know, I have spent the past few days trying to…
The blue sky over my house this morning and thoughts of the work I must do now that we have the book finished and at the printers reminds me…
Vocational callings I hear fairly frequently that craftsmen advertise for an apprentice only to find that the person applying doesn’t really want the job but must apply to get…
Mesquite grows throughout vast tracts of Texas rangeland. I’ve worked its substance for two decades to date and no other wood I ever used has more stability than mesquite. Living…
I’ve neglected this aspect for a few weeks while I have been away. And now, getting ready for the wedding, I have many important things that pull at the minutes…
A craftsman cuts the tree from the forest, reshapes its beauty into new form useful to life. He cares for the tree and concerns himself before the cut severs the…
Another thought. When I was a boy, an apprentice, I had about 8 craftsmen that oversaw my work. There was an older apprentice or two too, but they were more…
Notes from my journal For some time I have talked fairly extensively about the creative sphere of work and the creative workspace. This is not so much ethos and philosophy,…
Notes from my journal Time was that a man who worked diligently to master his skills in a chosen craft applied to be accepted by the Guild as an approved…