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Future Chill
Lydia Sigourney’s 1854 lament about progress speaks to the emergence of a desire for mobility, for travel at increasing rates of speed: “We plod after it in our antique, lumbering stage-coaches, and...
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Maiden’s Blush
In my garden this summer, Maiden’s Blush has flowered largely, some of her blossoms flushed so deeply pink as to deserve the adjective émue. So what does it mean to look at the blossoms and think of...
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When we brought up the question of city planning, Mr. Gruen grumbled that “planning” has become a dirty word in this country. “Almost as bad as if Lenin had invented it,” he said. “The fact is no city...
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Old ideas give way slowly; for they are more than abstract logical forms and categories. They are habits, predispositions, deeply engrained attitudes of aversion and preference. Moreover, the...
View ArticlePictures of nothing
Listening to a podcast off and on for the last few days, I’ve been intrigued by some of the impassioned arguments for abstraction by Kirk Varnedoe. His arguments are complex and multi-layered, but...
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Silverware Tray
I really wanted to get back into making things out of wood. One of the most frustrating things about having major house problems this year was not being able to get into my shop to work. I made this...
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Roubo Book Stand Phase 1
This is my third attempt at a Roubo book stand. The first one went wrong because I marked it wrong. The second one failed due to bad chisel work (not deep enough to split the hinge successfully). The...
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Spatulas
My first try at spatula making I had a piece of 3/8″ curly maple that I didn’t have a use for and the spatulas in the kitchen were looking a bit shabby. Making these things can get addictive. Second...
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Bowls
I get strangely addicted to making bowls. The aspen bowl on the left was a pain to try to finish decently, but it is the first “basic bowl” that I have not thrown away. The zebrawood variant on the...
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