| | 09/03/2020 By Joe Samalin | |  Playing with Japanese fire in Brooklyn, NY.
Recently I was lucky enough to join 5 other local woodworking-inclined folks in an outdoor, socially distanced yakisugi class led by Robyn Mierzwa, founder and owner of the incredible community woodworking space Makeville Studio in Brooklyn.
Yakisugi, also read as Shousugiban, (焼杉板 in Japanese) literally translates to “burned/charred...more.. | |
| 08/20/2020 By Joe Samalin | |  If you are relatively new to spoon carving, I feel your excitement and pain (the pain being the multiple nicks on your hands - safety first), breaking your first spoon in half, wondering how you can get good at carving without ever learning how to sharpen your tools, and more. As well as the overwhelmingly exciting frustration of not knowing what you are doing.
If you are relatively new to...more.. | |
| 07/02/2020 By Yoav Liberman | |  Last time I showed how to make a small bear from two primary stacks of cardboard plies. One stack belonged to the right side of the bear and the other to the left. In order to animate the bear as if it is walking, the legs in each of these primary stacks were originated in the opposite directions to the legs in the other stack.
One of the easiest ways to add even more authenticity and realism...more.. | |
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| | | 08/30/2018 | |  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.
This week’s selections focus on Medieval carpentry techniques. Hand tools indeed!
Early Medieval Timber Work
Medieval Carpentry - Building Without Nails...more.. | |
| 08/23/2018 | |  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.
This week’s selections focus on the ornate and exquisite furniture made by David Roentgen (1743-1807) -- and its secret compartments and ingenious portability.
The Roentgens' Berlin...more.. | |
| 08/16/2018 | |  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.
This week’s selections focus traditional woodworking in Sweden - traditional axe making and the trifecta of clogs, spoons and chairs.
Traditional Swedish Woodworking: Clogs, Spoons and...more.. | |
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Greetings Workateers! Our fourth and final volume has come to a close and so has the Work Magazine...more.. | |
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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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