Just one more making day until Christmas. Make, fix, create.
Thursday, December 23, 2010
Jesse's lap desk
Just one more making day until Christmas. Make, fix, create.
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John Grossbohlin sent the photo above of his son Jesse finishing an artist's lap desk as a Christmas gift for his girl friend, Jessica. It is amazing what young men and women can do in the wood shop when they are given the opportunity and have skill and interest. Jesse has been an award winning woodworker for years now so to see his fine work comes as no surprise. He used a variety of stationary and hand tools. The wood is cherry.
Just one more making day until Christmas. Make, fix, create.
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.
Just one more making day until Christmas. Make, fix, create.
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Questions about Wisdom of the Hands can be addressed to
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- 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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