Design by Hand and Eye

I usually don’t get involved with little snippets of things, but every once in a while something comes across the bench that shows significant creativity and an understanding of a more complex topic. This happens to be one. A great stop-motion short about designing a footstool using Leonardo’s concepts embodied in Vitruvian Man, which he…

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A New Beginning

Fort Point Cabinetmakers, where I have been a Managing Partner for the last 9 years, is moving. There are eight of us, all traveling on slightly different paths, but coalescing in a supportive group of furniture makers working together to keep the craft alive and vibrant. Here is where we would normally get into the…

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The Ultimate in Bog Oak trees

Earlier in the week we heard about the woman who discovered a 10,000 year old forest – underwater – about 300 yards off the north Norfolk coast of England.  She was out for a morning dive and came across the trees lying in 20 feet of water, probably uncovered in a big storm the year…

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