WOMANIST WISDOM IN THE WOOD SHOP
WOMANIST WISDOM IN THE WOOD SHOP
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The Backpack – Part 4
Finally, a pouch and tote for a few personal things.
Por último, un transportista para mis cosas personales.
Whether you call it bolso, cartera, or monedero, a small purse or … 🐞 Read more about it ➞ ➞ ➞
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The Backpack – Part 3
The things that I plan to carry inside my backpack must be considered carefully. Walking on the Camino Mozarabe, Via de la Plata, finally merging into the Camino Sanabres, and ending in Santiago … 🐞 Read more about it ➞ ➞ ➞
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I admit that ultralight backpacking takes extra work and planning. Being honest about what I need on this particular endeavor is daunting. It makes me nervous. Determining just how this backpack should be exposes many contradictions.
Putting the … 🐞 Read more about it ➞ ➞ ➞
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The concept of ultralight backpacking intrigues me. I opened my mind enough to explore it. I like the idea but I am not all-in. It makes a lot of sense to me, on one hand, to carry just … 🐞 Read more about it ➞ ➞ ➞
Who is my grandmother? The first time we met, I was twelve years old. She was from a large sharecropping family. Most of her siblings escaped that cruel system of zero-sum accounting for … 🐞 Read more about it ➞ ➞ ➞
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What would you do if you knew you could not fail? Well, That is what I did… 100 posts ago. That’s right, this is my 100th blog post at wood•life•studio. Always believe that something may be improbable and … 🐞 Read more about it ➞ ➞ ➞
By the end of my workday, I know that I have given everything – my energy and my physical self – to the project. It may be one that takes a few hours or weeks. It doesn’t matter. Let … 🐞 Read more about it ➞ ➞ ➞
I like making thoughtful covers for my edge tools using simple patterns. After making a handle for the hook blade in the previous post, it’s time for some protection. Let’s see, I will make a hook knife sheath. Why … 🐞 Read more about it ➞ ➞ ➞
A hook knife is a handy tool to use when stripping and carving curved shapes into green wood. The tool is called many names, such as crook knife or Mocotaugen (Indian crook knife). It is used for carving spoons, … 🐞 Read more about it ➞ ➞ ➞
Carving a bowl – The Finish
The push toward finishing the bowl or any project is influenced by many factors. This one started with a fortunate find – a fallen tree – after a summer storm. The log stood … 🐞 Read more about it ➞ ➞ ➞
Carving a bowl – The Adze
Optimally, carving a bowl requires green wood. The tender wood is still moist enough to yield to sharp tools like axes, adzes, and carving knives. Subsequent moisture release and shrinkage is part of … 🐞 Read more about it ➞ ➞ ➞
Carving a bowl – The Axe
BOWL: a round container that is open at the top and deep enough to hold water, food, bread, towels, or anything used in daily life by humans. Usually the first items found during archeological digs, … 🐞 Read more about it ➞ ➞ ➞