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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.
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Photos of our students at work are published solely for the promotion of the Wisdom of the Hands program and Clear Spring School. Other uses are strictly prohibited and copyright will be enforced.
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Doug Stowe
Photos of our students at work are published solely for the promotion of the Wisdom of the Hands program and Clear Spring School. Other uses are strictly prohibited and copyright will be enforced.
Questions about Wisdom of the Hands can be addressed to
Doug Stowe
About Me
- Doug Stowe
- I have been a self-employed woodworker in Eureka Springs, Arkansas since 1976. I live with my wife Jean on a wooded hillside overlooking our beautiful historic community. In addition to work in my wood shop,I'm retired from teaching at the Clear Spring School in a program called "The Wisdom of the Hands." That experience is summarized in my book, "The Guide to Woodworking with Kids". My book "Wisdom of our Hands: Crafting, A Life" is my attempt to explain the importance of hands on learning. I also write for Fine Woodworking, Popular Woodworking and other woodworking magazines. My new book, Designing Boxes will be released on April 16, 2024. My resume can be downloaded at www.dougstowe.com/resume.doc
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- finished but for sharpening
- not pretty yet.
- more spoon knife
- next step
- making knife handles
- new group
- Friendly competition
- Making spoon carving knives
- New technique in the dovetail arsenal
- recess eliminated
- simple but measurable progress
- making a wren house in pre-school
- Building outside the box
- Small town recession
- puppets
- the expression of rhythm
- solar system models
- two views
- Casulo- an apartment of furniture in one box
- Origin of Art- Robert Keable Row, 1909
- No real surprises... but plenty of amazement
- Fine Woodworking Jigs surprise
- success and joy?
- Wisdom of the Hands featured online
- The Outliers
- Is a drawing worth a thousand words?
- William W. Klenke
- Farmer in Chief
- Eureka Springs School of the Arts blog
- Boats, solar systems and what we spend our money on.
- pivot fence
- bankruptcy of spirit
- Barred owl
- Owl in the woods and waiting again
- time for a break
- fixing a ding
- Saturday and finishing boxes
- wooden hinges and trial fit
- What it means to be out of touch
- test hinge on Gifkins jig
- Is it good for things to be so easy?
- gifkins jig
- making a foot bridge
- Impractical labor
- totem poles and solar system
- USS Vandalia
- spoon racks
- two shoes
- Finding balance
- bone weary is a good thing
- Power at last
- realism earned through craftsmanship
- Adding keel and gunnels
- proper use of knife
- 10 days and counting
- Limit on CEO salaries
- Today the solar system, tomorrow the world
- Society of the Arts, London 1885
- Learning, more than just a head-trip?
- Hands-on makes better learning, duh
- 8th day, no power but back to school
- Felix Adler on will, 1892
- Will and willfulness
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