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February 2, 2015
Design/Build Cabinetry: A Charleston Library remodel
Interior Woodworking Ideas: A Charleston Library
The effects that design/build cabinetry have on the interior of your home
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| Charleston Library, custom designed interior woodwork |
January 13, 2015
The Arts & Crafts period: Now and Then, a reflection of craftsmanship and simplicity in design
The Arts and Crafts Movement: woodworking designs then…and now
opportunities and challenges facing Craft as a livelihood. Specifically, we
gather to acquire new perspectives and materials with which to realize this
livelihood. The contemporary process of
striving towards and achieving craft-based livelihood is a continuation of a
much longer and more difficult history.
Over several years I examined the historical conditions of Artisans in
America, and in particular of those Artisans involved with what is known as “The
Arts and Crafts Movement.” No period rivals
the Arts and Crafts Movement for its importance to the Artisans of today. The legacy of this movement is nothing less
than the livelihood we each aspire to achieve through our craft.
Yet it was not until the sunset of the Industrial Revolution that this achievement became viable. From the 1790’s to the late 19th century, the easily replicable, quickly produced factory mindset ruled the day. The Industrial Revolution fostered the belief that individual craftsman & Artisans were unnecessary and irrelevant in an industrialized society where production of objects is provided cheaply and more efficiently from factories. Emerging in response, the Arts and Crafts Movement developed in the 1880’s and continued until the 1920’s.
January 13, 2015
The Arts & Crafts period: Now and Then, a reflection of craftsmanship and simplicity in design
The Arts and Crafts Movement: woodworking designs then…and now
opportunities and challenges facing Craft as a livelihood. Specifically, we
gather to acquire new perspectives and materials with which to realize this
livelihood. The contemporary process of
striving towards and achieving craft-based livelihood is a continuation of a
much longer and more difficult history.
Over several years I examined the historical conditions of Artisans in
America, and in particular of those Artisans involved with what is known as “The
Arts and Crafts Movement.” No period rivals
the Arts and Crafts Movement for its importance to the Artisans of today. The legacy of this movement is nothing less
than the livelihood we each aspire to achieve through our craft.
Yet it was not until the sunset of the Industrial Revolution that this achievement became viable. From the 1790’s to the late 19th century, the easily replicable, quickly produced factory mindset ruled the day. The Industrial Revolution fostered the belief that individual craftsman & Artisans were unnecessary and irrelevant in an industrialized society where production of objects is provided cheaply and more efficiently from factories. Emerging in response, the Arts and Crafts Movement developed in the 1880’s and continued until the 1920’s.
January 13, 2015
The Arts & Crafts period: Now and Then, a reflection of craftsmanship and simplicity in design
The Arts and Crafts Movement: woodworking designs then…and now
opportunities and challenges facing Craft as a livelihood. Specifically, we
gather to acquire new perspectives and materials with which to realize this
livelihood. The contemporary process of
striving towards and achieving craft-based livelihood is a continuation of a
much longer and more difficult history.
Over several years I examined the historical conditions of Artisans in
America, and in particular of those Artisans involved with what is known as “The
Arts and Crafts Movement.” No period rivals
the Arts and Crafts Movement for its importance to the Artisans of today. The legacy of this movement is nothing less
than the livelihood we each aspire to achieve through our craft.
Yet it was not until the sunset of the Industrial Revolution that this achievement became viable. From the 1790’s to the late 19th century, the easily replicable, quickly produced factory mindset ruled the day. The Industrial Revolution fostered the belief that individual craftsman & Artisans were unnecessary and irrelevant in an industrialized society where production of objects is provided cheaply and more efficiently from factories. Emerging in response, the Arts and Crafts Movement developed in the 1880’s and continued until the 1920’s.
January 6, 2015
The timeless tradition of the American Woodworker, going against the grain to handcraft the answers of life……
What wood wisdom we wood wonder without, if the willingness to work wood were washed away without warning….
This ancient art of woodworking surely has become all but lost in my generation of instant gratification, response and reward. Lost is the art of nurturing results that followed time well spent, and of carefully planning a long assent to a simple destination. Gone are the days when the tortoise beat the hare…..
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| The WoodShop in all it’s glory, basking in a Barboursville, Va sunset |
My father has designed and built some of the finest woodworking I’ve ever had the pleasure of laying my eyes on, he has studied numerous disciplines within the trade and has been designing and handcrafting now for over 41 years…….and he’s done it with nearly the same group of craftsmen for over twenty five of those years.
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| The inside of the luxury wood shop, all the tools necessary for today’s modern american craftsman |
THAT is what tradition is…….THAT is what excellence is…….THAT is custom designed and handcrafted woodwork. And it represents much more than that, I come to discover, after surviving what was surely a fatal car accident just five months ago on my birthday. I tell you that because being hit by a car at 60 miles an hour will slow you down just a little bit. I was created with so much energy that wreck only brought me down about two revolutions, leaving me still a few ahead of normal……BUT, just enough, in my opinion, to actually appreciate life for the first time. To notice the air that I breathe into my lungs….heck I actually noticed that there are even clouds in the sky nearly everyday!!! So Ive been taking pictures of sunsets, and as I recover, I’ve been going to work with my father at his high end custom cabinetry shop…..
this is what I’ve missed out on……..
this is what my generation will miss out on if they don’t start doing a little more handcrafting and a little less finger clicking!
January 6, 2015
The timeless tradition of the American Woodworker, going against the grain to handcraft the answers of life……
What wood wisdom we wood wonder without, if the willingness to work wood were washed away without warning….
This ancient art of woodworking surely has become all but lost in my generation of instant gratification, response and reward. Lost is the art of nurturing results that followed time well spent, and of carefully planning a long assent to a simple destination. Gone are the days when the tortoise beat the hare…..
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| The WoodShop in all it’s glory, basking in a Barboursville, Va sunset |
My father has designed and built some of the finest woodworking I’ve ever had the pleasure of laying my eyes on, he has studied numerous disciplines within the trade and has been designing and handcrafting now for over 41 years…….and he’s done it with nearly the same group of craftsmen for over twenty five of those years.
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| The inside of the luxury wood shop, all the tools necessary for today’s modern american craftsman |
THAT is what tradition is…….THAT is what excellence is…….THAT is custom designed and handcrafted woodwork. And it represents much more than that, I come to discover, after surviving what was surely a fatal car accident just five months ago on my birthday. I tell you that because being hit by a car at 60 miles an hour will slow you down just a little bit. I was created with so much energy that wreck only brought me down about two revolutions, leaving me still a few ahead of normal……BUT, just enough, in my opinion, to actually appreciate life for the first time. To notice the air that I breathe into my lungs….heck I actually noticed that there are even clouds in the sky nearly everyday!!! So Ive been taking pictures of sunsets, and as I recover, I’ve been going to work with my father at his high end custom cabinetry shop…..
this is what I’ve missed out on……..
this is what my generation will miss out on if they don’t start doing a little more handcrafting and a little less finger clicking!
January 6, 2015
The timeless tradition of the American Woodworker, going against the grain to handcraft the answers of life……
What wood wisdom we wood wonder without, if the willingness to work wood were washed away without warning….
This ancient art of woodworking surely has become all but lost in my generation of instant gratification, response and reward. Lost is the art of nurturing results that followed time well spent, and of carefully planning a long assent to a simple destination. Gone are the days when the tortoise beat the hare…..
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| The WoodShop in all it’s glory, basking in a Barboursville, Va sunset |
My father has designed and built some of the finest woodworking I’ve ever had the pleasure of laying my eyes on, he has studied numerous disciplines within the trade and has been designing and handcrafting now for over 41 years…….and he’s done it with nearly the same group of craftsmen for over twenty five of those years.
|
| The inside of the luxury wood shop, all the tools necessary for today’s modern american craftsman |
THAT is what tradition is…….THAT is what excellence is…….THAT is custom designed and handcrafted woodwork. And it represents much more than that, I come to discover, after surviving what was surely a fatal car accident just five months ago on my birthday. I tell you that because being hit by a car at 60 miles an hour will slow you down just a little bit. I was created with so much energy that wreck only brought me down about two revolutions, leaving me still a few ahead of normal……BUT, just enough, in my opinion, to actually appreciate life for the first time. To notice the air that I breathe into my lungs….heck I actually noticed that there are even clouds in the sky nearly everyday!!! So Ive been taking pictures of sunsets, and as I recover, I’ve been going to work with my father at his high end custom cabinetry shop…..
this is what I’ve missed out on……..
this is what my generation will miss out on if they don’t start doing a little more handcrafting and a little less finger clicking!