Today I have been assembling the table tops, and soon will have completed tables. This is not a technique for rapid production, but a technique that will provide centuries of service. So why would someone make something that will last longer than he or she will? Can it be that a craftsman might want to leave something of meaning that expresses skill, caring, and reverence for wood?
Wednesday, August 12, 2009
wedged tenons
Today I have been assembling the table tops, and soon will have completed tables. This is not a technique for rapid production, but a technique that will provide centuries of service. So why would someone make something that will last longer than he or she will? Can it be that a craftsman might want to leave something of meaning that expresses skill, caring, and reverence for wood?
I truly hope that at least some of my work will outlast me. Otherwise, why do it?
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