WOMANIST WISDOM IN THE WOOD SHOP
WOMANIST WISDOM IN THE WOOD SHOP
Mangrove roots at low tide at the Puerto-Princesa Subterranean River National Park in the Philippines
I like trees, and all things about them. Tree trunks, leaves, fruits and nuts, and homes for birds and squirrels. Wherever I walk, I … 🐞 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 ➞ ➞ ➞
Remember the great adze shortage of 2015? It still exists in some form or other. I can tell you now that I found one by a respected tool maker. I just didn’t have it in my hands, yet.
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A tweak here; a tweak there. Is the end of a project ever really the end? Tweaks can be made beyond a project’s completion. I’ve always believed so. That’s right; it is never really finished in the creator’s mind. … 🐞 Read more about it ➞ ➞ ➞
For eons, wood from the forest has been harvested to the brink of extinction to sustain humanity. Houses, furniture, wine barrels, bridges, boats, fences, industrial models for tools, machinery and cars, and even medicines were made to advance the … 🐞 Read more about it ➞ ➞ ➞
Why do we linger at the dinner table? It may be that family or cultural tradition demand it. A digestif – a shot of alcohol or coffee – may be served to encourage digestion or stave … 🐞 Read more about it ➞ ➞ ➞
Gathering with fellow woodworkers for tool events, lectures, and demonstrations has a dynamic, up-to-date sensibility. To put it simply, they actively enhance shop life. It opens the door to learning about woodworking and gaining more knowledge. When I want … 🐞 Read more about it ➞ ➞ ➞
Here I am, in my wood shop – my refuge. I think about how I might lift my spirits in the midst of the turmoils of the world. Just being here helps me forget my troubles for a short … 🐞 Read more about it ➞ ➞ ➞
Early on, before I embraced the magic of hand tools, I had a different dream. I imagined that I’d have a fully outfitted workshop. In it would be the biggest and best woodworking machines and power tools. I wanted … 🐞 Read more about it ➞ ➞ ➞
For some people, shop made tools are not desirable options. After all, a lot of the fun in woodworking is showing off your new tools and wood shop to your woodworking friends. Conventional thinking considers a shop full of … 🐞 Read more about it ➞ ➞ ➞
As a seamstress, I’m familiar with the saying: she who dies with the most fabric wins. Personally, I don’t want that much fabric.
As a woodworker, I don’t want the biggest stash of hand tools, either. Is a … 🐞 Read more about it ➞ ➞ ➞
Wouldn’t it be nice to have, as I call it, a wish list – wood? To have within reach all the wood you want, let alone even need? All the wood imaginable from anywhere in the world? I do … 🐞 Read more about it ➞ ➞ ➞