Over the past year I’ve been working out a concept that I’ve dubbed, “Local Colour”. Every place has a local-colour. This colour is significant within a region and can be best understood as a permeating indigenous material. The specific hue of a local-colour can become synonymous with a historic, cultural or regional …
When M. came over late last week I told him optimistically, “I hope to have all the woodworking finished by the end of the week!”. It had been a good week up to that point and I was planning on just rolling along … Here’s what had gone so well up to a point: The [...]
Before gluing the panels together, it’s important to lay them out and see how they should be combined. Each length of board is different (which is one of the nice things about working with a natural material like wood); so, deciding which sections of board belong side-by-side works with this strength. Careful placement can allow [...]
