Month: April 2018
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Skills vs Skill Sets
Skill, what is a skill? They say that woodworkers have skills (or that woodworking is a skill), but what does that mean exactly? I think of a skill as being the smallest part of a thing that can be taught. And as something that almost everyone can learn. And a skill set is a bundle…
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more prep for class: tools
a few years ago I saw a little rack for hatchets and drawknives that I really liked, so I made one, sharpened up 7 hatchets and repaired and sharpened 7 old drawknives… do I leave it white or do I paint it some other color? be well
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Creativity: some thoughts
Humans are essentially creative. We have an ability to imagine something that does not exist, and work to make it real. Look at everything around you, your clothes and your house, everything! You are a member of the most amazing species that has ever walked the planet, we make things. From the first stone tools,…
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more prep for class ( make a stool)
A week ago I went up to the Morris Arboretum to look at what they had that we could make into stools. The oficial Arborist (Andrew Hawks) was very helpful and we picked out some nice walnut that would otherwise just sit there and rot or get cut up for firewood. Yesterday I went back…