Mother of pearl inlay

 A box top with mother of pearl inlayed stars in a field of walnut veneer. Easier of course, than it looks.

Make, fix and create...

At Woodcraft

I contributed to this article at Woodcraft and was asked to help promote it. 

https://www.woodcraft.com/blogs/learning-center/supporting-future-makers-how-to-get-kids-interested-in-woodworking

Make, fix, create, and help your children do likewise. AI? Who needs it?

The roll of the church in craftsmanship

 https://gliedganzes.substack.com/p/the-role-of-the-church-in-craftsmanship

the task, to teach

 https://gliedganzes.substack.com/p/the-task-to-teach

From Pope Leo.

From Pope Leo— "In this era of artificial intelligence, it is becoming urgent to distinguish human art from what machines produce. There is an ontological difference, even before an aesthetic one, between art and what a machine can generate through statistical calculation based on millions of images created by others. Algorithms lack the spark of humanity. For this reason, the Church wishes to renew an alliance with artists and cultural institutions to safeguard our humanity."

I've been here the whole time. To produce art is an act of resistance.

Make, fix and create...

the child as craftsmen

 https://gliedganzes.substack.com/p/the-child-as-craftsman.

Make your own Shaker knobs.

https://gliedganzes.substack.com/p/turning-a-shaker-style-knob-on-a

An article on making your own Shaker knobs originally published in Woodwork Magazine, October 2002