A Staff for Frodo
Although it’s been years now since JRR Tolkien’s Lord of the Rings Trilogy first came out at the cinemas, a good story stays with you,...
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tinkererscorner
Sep 27, 20223 min read
Warning, Kumiko is addictive!
This is the lamp I made while I was still working with the square grid lattice While writing the last post on Kumiko, I didn’t think I...
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tinkererscorner
Jul 16, 20221 min read
Don't go away, we'll be right back!
Hello fellow tinkerers and friends! No, I haven’t fallen off the planet - in fact, I've been rather busy making “stuff,” and I might as...
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tinkererscorner
Apr 30, 20223 min read
A unusual union
Rustic chair with Maloof inspired seat Ever since I first saw Sam Maloof’s work, I have been an admirer of his, and I've always thought,...
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tinkererscorner
Apr 16, 20223 min read
There's Treasure Everywhere
Recycle, up-cycle, repurpose I remember a Calvin and Hobbs cartoon with that title where the little guy, with Hobbs at his side, is...
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tinkererscorner
Apr 4, 20222 min read
Block printing on T-shirts
With Maia In the past I've organized summer art camps for kids, and I'd like to do another one this summer. Art Camp is meant to be first...
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tinkererscorner
Mar 31, 20224 min read
Kumiko follow-up
What I learned Do you know how it is when you’re at a cookout and they’re roasting big, juicy bratwurst, and you have one, and it’s as...
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tinkererscorner
Mar 2, 20222 min read
My first Asanoha
The hemp-leaf pattern, a traditional decorative motif used in Japanese Shoji screens Thirty some years ago, while attending a woodworking...
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tinkererscorner
Feb 27, 20223 min read
A Batch of Stools
Every toddler needs one of these! Recently we had a couple of warm, sunny days, and I took advantage of them by doing some work in the...
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tinkererscorner
Jan 29, 20222 min read
The Bears Hang Out on a Corbel
No, the bears are not out on a rampage, they’re just sunning on a corbel! They could be sunning on a bench, or on a windowsill, or up on...
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tinkererscorner
Jan 21, 20223 min read
Gingerbread, Anyone?
Recently we visited my wife’s birthplace, a village tucked under the mountains in the heart of Transylvania, Romania, and as a...
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tinkererscorner
Sep 23, 20211 min read
On Woodworking
"Is this not the carpenter, the Son of Mary?" Mark 6:3 "The reward of something well done, is to have done it" I’ve been “tinkering” with...
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tinkererscorner
Sep 22, 20211 min read
Some Boxes "Outside the Box"
Departing from the traditional "six-board-box" may give birth to some interesting new shapes When one hears the word “box”, almost...
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tinkererscorner
Sep 20, 20212 min read
Treasure Box For Eliza
One-two-three-Done! Eliza is my nephew’s daughter and in a couple of days she’ll be five years old. I decided to make a treasure box for...
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tinkererscorner
Sep 19, 20211 min read
Rustic Coat Tree
An exercise in hand-tool use and an approach to minimalism “Have nothing in your homes that you do not know to be useful or believe to be...
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tinkererscorner
Sep 19, 20211 min read
About Safety
Enjoy your craft and do it safely! Because woodworking entails the use of cutting tools, hand and power ones, it has the potential for...
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tinkererscorner
Sep 19, 20211 min read
A Few Words About Tools
Machines or hand tools? Whatever gets the job done! I enjoy the process and the challenges that arise when working with wood and while I...
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tinkererscorner
Sep 19, 20213 min read
On Making Boxes
Want to improve your skills while making something useful? Make a box! A Tea Box in Goncalo Alves, White Oak and Cherry. There are a lot...
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tinkererscorner
Sep 18, 20211 min read
Making Wooden Toys
A comeback for the toys of yesteryear “Play is the work of childhood” Jean Piaget-Child Psychologist Anybody wants to join me in the...
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tinkererscorner
Sep 18, 20211 min read
Carve The Nativity
Improve your whittling while creating a heirloom Growing up in a Communist country where the word “Christmas” was completely taken out...
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