Building a shaving horse designed for bowls and more TEXT AND PHOTOS BY DAVID FISHER I love to carve wooden bowls. To me, it is an ideal blend of traditional methods and endless design possibilities. I admire the merging curves and facets that blend into a pleasing whole and the feel of a hand-tooled...
SHOP TALK PHOTOS BY ROSLYN BANISH, COURTESY OF GIBBS SMITH Top left: The logs in the genkan ceiling are as they should be according to the hierarchy of Japanese architectural aesthetics. The ceiling boards remain clean instead of turning black with smoke because we substituted a smoke hood and chimney for the traditional open...
A Few Good Books BY JOHN LAVINE Here are some of the more interesting books that I’ve had a chance to look at in this last year. The list is by no means exhaustive. Wood: Craft, Culture, History by Harvey Green A fascinating cultural/historical survey, touching on all things wood from...
