Tuesday, October 15, 2024
Making a walnut and maple table SD 480p
Sunday, October 13, 2024
Making a wooden hinge SD 480p
Saturday, October 12, 2024
Tape Measure Magic SD 480p
Making a Viking Style Chest SD 480p
Wednesday, October 09, 2024
Viking style chests
I'm having a great time at ESSA guiding the making of Viking chests. Five students have finished the wooden part of the project while the other five have been making hardware in the blacksmithing shop with master blacksmith Dale Custer. Today the five from the metals shop will join me in the wood studio to do the woodworking portion of the project. On Friday we'll put all together as a group of 10.
Sunday, October 06, 2024
Making an inlaid walnut box
I've been going through some old photos and beginning to compile some articles for YouTube. This one is about making an inlaid walnut box and was featured in Woodcraft Magazine in May 2005.
Coming in two days
My new book, Designing Boxes comes out in two days and can be purchased through this link at Amazon.com
Saturday, October 05, 2024
Hurricane Helene and the crafts.
This photo from Spruce Pine, a community near Penland, shows the severity of what they've faced.
Over the past 30 years, one particular political party has made a particular point of denying human responsibility for climate change while also fighting against disaster relief funding. Some in that particular party still claim climate change to be a hoax.
The magnitude and disastrous effects of modern hurricanes had been anticipated by science and political obstruction has allowed things to get much worse. In the meantime we seem to be having an early fall in the Ozarks. The leaves are turning brown, perhaps as much from drought as from seasonal effects.
There is an open house today at the Clear Spring School, celebrating its fiftieth year. It is a great time to learn more about hands on learning.
Make, fix and create...