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…woodworking and furniture making. In my world of lifetime, lifestyle woodworking, they are more a luxury with little benefit. A bit like owning a high-end plane that does no more…
…woodworking and furniture making. In my world of lifetime, lifestyle woodworking, they are more a luxury with little benefit. A bit like owning a high-end plane that does no more…
…I spent making this and other pieces for their wedding gifts. You see working with my hands gives me something much more laudable than merely making a living but making…
…and time. Imagine a life without making and then imagine it making – emptiness of consumerism and fullness and meaning in creativity. That’s what self worth is to me. …
…involved in making it happen gets to see your responses. The 2nd part to my making cam clamps by hand, three-part series is available as of now for those who…
…still, still love what I do, Since my early days of making alone I have added in to my day other aspects equally important to woodworking; writing, drawing, designing and…
…two weeks ago I filmed the series making one of my favourite furniture making pieces which is an occasional table with tapered legs in the Shaker style. It’s not just…
…did it! We did work Christmas day too though. My enjoyment in making always overcomes the weariness I sometimes feel in the constructive processes of pulling and pushing, lifting, placing,…
John has proven my bench making how-to by completing the whole workbench replete with a clear, water-based finish before he left today. Filming prevents full-time making for him and Hannah…
…of workmanship that pulls on the self-constraining elements of making to make the work itself so special you cannot stop yourself from making. This is how the ordinary becomes extraordinary….
…woodworking. Instrument making for instance or perhaps guitar making. I could indeed rely on a bevel up jack for 99.9% of guitar making. For furniture that would be the opposite….