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Elegant Super-abundance –
The most modern of these different works are at least of the last century, and we don’t make them now because they say: This is not in style. As if that which is really beautiful [is] not forever, and that works of sculpture and or gold, often very mediocre (as is made too often nowadays),…
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Day One of the build featuring the Trinocular crest rail. Share this: Print Email Facebook Tumblr Pinterest Twitter Like this: Like Loading…
‘To Make as Perfectly as Possible’ – Nitty-Gritty Details –
If you are considering plunking down $400 on a book, you have every right to ask questions. And while I’ve answered as many questions as I can in the last 24 hours via e-mail, I’d like to offer even more details about our two forthcoming books: “To Make as Perfectly as Possible: Roubo on Marquetry”…
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Contest: Guess the Weight of the Empty Studley Chest –
UPDATE: The contest is over. We have a winner. Announcement to come. One of the factoids we want to include in Don Williams’ forthcoming book “Virtuoso” is the weight of the H.O. Studley tool chest – both loaded and unloaded. Today we weighed the unloaded chest on an analog scale. Yes, we know it’s not…
The Prequel to ‘With Hammer in Hand’ (One Last Auction) –
Before Charles F. Hummel published “With Hammer in Hand” in 1968, he was obviously spending a lot of time researching the Dominy family and their tools. In 1965, he published a great 19-page article in the “Winterthur Portfolio” about the Dominy’s tools that were made in England. This piece is in the same pattern as…
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Auction for the Wood Whisperer: ‘With Hammer in Hand’ –
When it comes to landmark books in the woodworking craft, it is hard to beat Charles Hummel’s “With Hammer in Hand.” This pioneering book chronicles the lives, tools and projects of the Dominy family from East Hampton, N.Y. The Dominys were renowned clock makers, but they produced furniture of all kinds using a set of…