This blog is dedicated to sharing the concept that our hands are essential to learning- that we engage the world and its wonders, sensing and creating primarily through the agency of our hands. We abandon our children to education in boredom and intellectual escapism by failing to engage their hands in learning and making.
Tuesday, June 05, 2007
This week in the Clear Spring Woodshop, we have a turning class with David Morris and 6 adult woodturning students. I stopped by this morning to see that they had what they needed, and to take a few snapshots like the one at left of a student developing his bevel cut on one of our Jet lathes. Other photos are of David sharing a technique in spindle turning. We never outgrow the need to be learning through our hands, and as more adults become drawn into the crafts, our understanding of our children's needs becomes greater as well. David's class is part of the summer program of the Eureka Springs School of the Arts. I am spending this week doing some shop work and preparing for my class next week with the William Ng School of Woodworking in Los Angeles.
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