When you write a book, people criticize you. I’m OK with that. After 21 years in the writing business I can take a sledgehammer blow to my bathing suit area every so often. But today was a good day. Why? Carl Bilderback gave me a call to discuss “The Anarchist’s Tool Chest.” If you have…
The act of naming something is, in my view, a kind of violence. But it also is a helpful form of shorthand. With furniture, the most common way to name it is by its ornament (Chippendale, Arts & Crafts, Ikea). This name gives us a rough idea of what it looks like, perhaps when it…
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Image from Library of Congress For the past two years I’ve been posting at Fine Woodworking’s Pro’s Corner blog. Web producer Ben Strano’s invitation to write for the blog came shortly after the publication of Making Things Work, and while I don’t know whether the content of that book prompted the invitation, I can confirm…