More colour at work
Virginia creeper colour changes I thought these pictures might be nice for you to see. Virginia creeper covers the castle walls and changes from lush green in the late spring…
Virginia creeper colour changes I thought these pictures might be nice for you to see. Virginia creeper covers the castle walls and changes from lush green in the late spring…
Is this a competition? Well in some ways it is and some not. As a paid amateur, I’ve earned my living from working with wood for 47 years. My designs…
Lord Bill Morris came through the workshop today. We talked for a while, but to tell the truth I didn’t know who he was because A, I’m not too politically…
Sorry for neglecting everyone the past few days. Yesterday we filmed all day and the prep time is usually a couple of days minimum and then there is lots of…
A man I once knew wrote a book about craft work some years ago. I read it many times and I liked what it said, particularly the quotes by philosophers…
There’s a critical mass gathering around the globe that results from globalised cheapness and the demand for goods of quality made for consumption, service and general use throughout that world….
Can you come? In order to preserve the craft of woodworking and ensure real woodworking has a future we need to support ventures like the upcoming European Woodworking Show. Sometimes…
There can be no doubt that one contrast between craftsmanship and the machine-maker woodworker is not so much the difference between hand work and trying to produce the same thing…
The art of work as I have known it these past 50 years has drastically shifted I know. When Henry Ford launched his first conveyor-belt assembly plant even as a…
John’s rocking chair Those who follow this bog know that John Winter is my apprentice. I have trained many young people like John through the years and the rewards though…