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Innocence and Consequence | The Northwest Woodworking Studio
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The Northwest Woodworking Studio. May 27, 2009. Innocence. Isn’t it lovely to behold? So unburdened, so light, so free. In the beholding of it are we not reminded of those days when we were once young, once innocent? Fresh Free from knowledge, the forbidden fruit. Innocence. And those quiet and small hand tools, those dull companions to the noise and speed of my power tools, what were they all about? They looked like fun, but what did some of them even do? In those days, I could master none of these tools.
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Writer’s Block | The Northwest Woodworking Studio
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The Northwest Woodworking Studio. April 23, 2009. Design is a curious animal. It is part ape and part peacock. Made up of disparate elements like the griffin or the minotaur. A dash of beast, a dash of human. Part inspiration, part intellect. It looks for the muse and yet feeds off history. It requires fresh thinking and needs the compost of experience to thrive. I think the block comes from a sense of shame that not an original thought has ever emerged from one’s head. It silences one. For with freedom ...
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Reality Check Please | The Northwest Woodworking Studio
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The Northwest Woodworking Studio. March 2, 2009. This time will be different. This time I will finish the project quickly with no problems at all. Why do we do this? So now I have to clean up the mess left by that woodworker who ravages my shop every now and then and leaves things everywhere. And so I clean up his mess and get on with it, but the wood moves a bunch when I mill it so I better let it sit for a week. I’ll just rough it out and sticker it and set it on the bench. Those of you who know sports...
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Finishing Makes the Difference | The Northwest Woodworking Studio
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The Northwest Woodworking Studio. Finishing Makes the Difference. How do people engage with your furniture? Brave stalwarts, they put something else over the first bad stain or topcoat and now they have a bastard child by two discordant parents/ finishes. Do they admit defeat now? Never They continue the charge and apply another finish over the first two until such time as they finally can say, Enough. It is enough and the finish sucks so I’m done with it. On January 28, 2014 at 7:28 am Leave a Comment.
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Virtuosity | The Northwest Woodworking Studio
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The Northwest Woodworking Studio. January 7, 2009. We go out to learn something new and it’s so frustrating for us because we don’t get it right off. As if everything we take on should come easy. It’s easier to forget just how long it took to master our own special skills. We get so caught up in being so good at something that sometimes we just forget to enjoy ourselves. I speak for myself alone of course. Light streamed down, trumpets played. Yes! I am just being slow, I am not stupid! On January 8, 200...
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Nothing is Forever | The Northwest Woodworking Studio
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The Northwest Woodworking Studio. December 29, 2008. Wood is so wonderful, isn’t it? So varied and changeable. So pregnant with possibility. Take wood movement for instance. Don’t tell me that wood is not alive. Some woods you can watch move as you cut them. Some woods seem to be on a timer for movement. And they’ll do things that make you just wonder, why me? Well sure enough, a couple of days go by and after another two inches of snow I happen to look at my table. It had flattened out! Https:/ nwspdx&#...
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Beauty | The Northwest Woodworking Studio
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The Northwest Woodworking Studio. July 18, 2009. Beauty will inspire beauty. This note was from a former Mastery student of mine. I wanted to share. This, my response to his lament. Ah Dennis, if I knew when to walk away, I might have walked away long ago. Yours in hip boots,. From the former disconsolate:. What a great response! The beauty to inspire beauty view speaks volumes that you just don’t get with a utilitarian view such as the ladies have for that easel. To them it is nothing more tha...Thank g...
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The Studio’s Bail-out | The Northwest Woodworking Studio
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The Northwest Woodworking Studio. The Studio’s Bail-out. April 1, 2009. As we, the royal Studio and its inhabitants, enters its 13th year of existence, first we must stop to gasp at the thought. It is frightening yes? So much time, so quickly passed. Didn’t this just begin? I have instead devised a plan. When the students dry up, when education becomes a footnote, when all else fails, I have a plan. New work! A line of furniture certain to please, certain to sell, and certainly noteworthy. Take note.