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Craft, the art of work

Craft, the art of work

Every time I return to the UK, as I travel from one country to another and then on the the counties of England, I start to relish the idea of taking a walk to smell the earth, the streets and woodlands and to revitalize those aspects so critical to my

Good flights to UK

Arrived safely and good flights Just to let everyone know I arrived safely in the UK and had good flights with US Airways once throughout my US tour and also with Unite Airways to the UK again. Thank you everyone for your tremendous support. Driving back through the snow I

We are masters of the unsaid words...

...but slaves of those we let slip out. Winston Churchill A few days ago I posted about a problem I saw regarding too few women and children being involved with woodworking. I have since received a small stream of emails from people with links to various responses on other blogs

Here is sanity I know

Here is sanity I know

My workshop 2010 Sanity spills from my plane with whorls and eddies recorded with each swipe within each swipe I take and then I make decisions based on what I see and feel and smell and hear and yes in even what I taste as on my tongue and inhaled

How was your day?

How was your day?

A week or two ago it seemed like a good idea to make a second workbench and give it to someone under 25 years old here at the last show. At 3pm I wondered if that was really such a good idea. I did not realize that my demonstrations would

Above all - The Show Inspired Woodworkers

Above all - The Show Inspired Woodworkers

We had such crowds at the show throughout the day today and at my demonstrations I hardly had chance to do anything but answer questions and find a little rest between bouts. I sensed a little apprehension as to whether we would actually conclude the bench-build by the end of

Standing room only at my demo's all weekend

Standing room only at my demo's all weekend

This has been an amazing show for me so far. All of my demos were packed full with true interaction back and forth. Thanks to everyone who has made this show happen, I think that every show has been good this year but this one caps off a wonderful tour.