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JOEL Joel's Blog

School of Painting for the Imitation of Woods & Marbles

03/13/2024

Faux Mahogany If I had to pick the most spectacular "how to" book in my collection, it would have to be "School of Painting for The Imitation of Woods & Marbles / as taught & practised by A.R.van der Burg & P.van der." The original edition was published in 1875; my edition is 1887. While thin, it is huge - medium folio (18 inches or 47 cm) tall. Not only is the book huge, it is filled with...more..
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A Visit To Doyle Auctioneers & Appraisers

03/06/2024

Set of Four Roberto Lazzeroni for Ceccotti Collezioni Fruitwood Dining Armchairs, Estimate: $700 - $1,000, along with two Jean Prouve for Vitra Metal and Plywood "Standard" Chairs, estimate: $700 - $1,000 This past weekend Sally and I visited Doyle Auction Houses to see their "Doyle and Design" show. Doyle, whose main branch is on the Upper East Side of Manhattan, specializes in furniture,...more..
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BREN Video Roundup

Restoring a Vintage Walnut Side Table & Refinishing with Odie's Oil

02/27/2024 with Transcend Furniture Gallery

Like most people, we spend lots of time (way too much time) surfing the web, entranced by various videos. In Video Roundup, we offer some videos from all over the world that we found especially intriguing. Angie of Transcend Furniture Gallery rescues bunnies and furniture. That is, she operates a rabbit rescue in Nova Scotia and refurbishes damaged, neglected and battled-scarred pieces of...more..
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Sliding T Bevel

08/23/2023

Like most people, we spend lots of time (way too much time) surfing the web, entranced by various videos. In Video Roundup, we offer some videos from all over the world that we found especially intriguing. We often get questions about how to use a Sliding T Bevel, so here you go. Sliding T-bevel How2...more..
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Circles and Dominoes

03/10/2023

Like most people, we spend lots of time (way too much time) surfing the web, entranced by various videos. In Video Roundup, we offer some videos from all over the world that we found especially intriguing. OK! This roundup shares 6 different ways of cutting circles in wood, and while you might know a few of them it can be helpful to learn a variety of ways in order to choose the right...more..
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BEN The Build-It Blog

A Turned Milking Stool

03/30/2023 By Joe Samalin

Variations on a theme. Mine is on the far right. I will just assume it is your favorite of the four. For 5 years I lived in Bloomington, Indiana, quite a change for this born-and-raised New Yorker. It was while living there I was first introduced to woodturning. Just before moving back to New York I bought myself a lathe, a really nice medium-sized benchtop JET that I had saved up for. Of...more..
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Pre-Summer Inspirations

05/26/2022 By Joe Samalin

From the article "Artists’ Frames in Pâte Coulante" by Peter Mallo Summertime tends to slow down for us here at Tools for Working Wood, giving us that rare chance to take a quick deep breath and look around for a moment. And to break out the big fans. It gets hot here in Brooklyn. And so as part of taking a breath, we wanted to share a bit of what is inspiring us at the moment, in the...more..
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Carving Japanese Chashaku (tea scoop)

03/03/2022

One of the perks of living in a place like New York City is access to a very wide range of people and experiences. This last weekend I was able to enjoy just such an experience - a four hour class on carving traditional Japanese bamboo matcha (powdered green tea) scoops, or chashaku. The class was led by a master of the Japanese tea ceremony, Nagano Yoshitsugu , and that is who carves...more..
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WORK The Work Magazine Reprint Project

WORK - An Illustrated Journal of Practice and Theory

01/21/2016

Tweet #TfwwWorkBlog!function(d,s,id){var js,fjs=d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0],p=/^http:/.test(d.location)?'http':'https';if(!d.getElementById(id)){js=d.createElement(s);js.id=id;js.src=p+'://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js';fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js,fjs);}}(document, 'script', 'twitter-wjs'); Greetings Workateers! Our fourth and final volume has come to a close and so has the Work Magazine...more..
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WORK No. 200 - Published January 14 1893

01/14/2016

Tweet #TfwwWorkBlog!function(d,s,id){var js,fjs=d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0],p=/^http:/.test(d.location)?'http':'https';if(!d.getElementById(id)){js=d.createElement(s);js.id=id;js.src=p+'://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js';fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js,fjs);}}(document, 'script', 'twitter-wjs'); The editions of Work mag we have here in the shop often have the ads removed but the last couple...more..
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WORK No. 199 - Published January 7th 1893 NEW

01/07/2016

Tweet #TfwwWorkBlog!function(d,s,id){var js,fjs=d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0],p=/^http:/.test(d.location)?'http':'https';if(!d.getElementById(id)){js=d.createElement(s);js.id=id;js.src=p+'://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js';fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js,fjs);}}(document, 'script', 'twitter-wjs'); ARTICLES FOUND IN THIS ISSUE: STENCILS FOR WALL DECORATION • THE ART OF...more..
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