Barnaby Carder aka “Barn the spoon” is still with us and so over the weekend we played in the workshop. First we forged hook tools then ground hardened and tempered them. Then Barn turned a rather nice beech bowl, this is starting the outside. Hollowing the inside. Nearly finished, just undercutting the core, the most difficult part. And cleaning up…
My friend Sean Hellman pointed me toward the Pathe news site which has some great old craft films from the 1930s to 50s. Not sure if these are visible in the US and there may be a short advert at the start but worth it. HOOP MAKING CLOGS RUSH INDUSTRY (issue title – MANORS AND CUSTOMS)
A few days ago I posted the lovely short film of Lloyd Kahn and thanks to various comments was put onto Lloyds blog here there is lots of fun stuff, but I had to search back posts on tools and found this great picture and links. I have not managed to find the image on the museums site yet or…
In 1996 I took my lathe to demonstrate turning as part of the Mary Rose Trust stand at Bristol Festival of the Sea. My lasting memory of the weekend was not the tall ships, wonderful though they were. I stayed with fellow green woodworker Gudrun Lietz and one evening watched a video called Cesar’s bark canoe, it was the most…
I have just added a new blog index over to the right and whilst I was indexing I picked out ten blog posts which have been personal favourites, have initiated corespondence and debate or have led on to other things. For readers new to my blog I hope you might find these posts of interest. In craftsmanship and apprenticeship you’ll…
I am not sure if anyone ever looks at the page links across to the right under “Links and Blogs” if you do and enjoy what you find there let me know. I only link to people I know well or causes I know about and believe in so it is not a long list. Today I added a new…
Most folk reading this probably know we are having a bit of a cold snap in the UK at the moment. Truth is all that has happened is that the warm weather we come to expect coming off the Atlantic has stopped for a while so we are experiencing the sort of weather most folk would expect this far North.…
I am a bit late doing my draw but we had 34 replies in the comments box for the book giveaway and I just put 1-34 into the random number generator and it came up 7 so if “The Fuz” would like to get in contact I have a book for you.
I am sure some readers already have a copy of my book “the Wooden Bowl” but if you haven’t (or if you want one to give to someone else) post in the comments box below and I’ll draw a name from a hat to get a free book. This can go anywhere in the world. It is a nice coffee…
This post is a plug for Lluis and Anna’s rather lovely holiday cottage in the mountains of northern Spain. It is called “Casa dos Artesans” and I will I am sure be returning with the family. It is the perfect spot for a group of folk who don’t want the standard beach holiday. If you are into walking, wildlife, craft,…
