Sharing and together

Five workbenches for five different people making, myself, John, Hannah, Katrina and Jack. The only machine needed is the very least invasive; a 16" bandsaw for resizing wood. The rest is always handwork.

Sharing and together

interchange in an exchange

without loss

of shared space

as each absorbs the other

in an irreplaceable

intimacy

at every turn

and change of 

direction

where affection

remains safe in a

joint endeavour

to share

and care.

Sharing space, ability and knowledge nurtures growth in a spirit of togetherness and without competition serves all the more to unite people as makers.

I look to the ones I share with

and togetherness

means to gather

in a place

in a space

where an advantage of one

is transferred to another

yet no loss takes place

but agreat gain

affords the advantage

to the other.

So it is when an apprentice

space is occupied

and a man shares

his skill in the knowledge

that another sharer

grows into a maker

and carries togetherness

in a shared experience

making what must

and should be made

together.