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AIX Design Group / Woodworking
January 7, 2020
Woodworking

THE LOST LOOM BENCH

My sister lives in in Four Mile Canyon just outside of Boulder, Colorado. And she used to be a weaver. He loom was large and occupied a prominent place in her home. As a special gift for very close family member, I decided to design and craft a bench for her to sit on while working at her loom. It had two T-shaped legs, a central storage drawer, and two smaller storage areas accessed by lifting up a hinged cover. Made of cherry wood, it was a...

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January 2, 2020
Woodworking

SWISS ARMY KNIFE

The assignment in the advanced woodworking class back in 1981 was to take a small object and produce a larger version made completely out of wood. I considered a number of simple things but decided that my Swiss Army knife would be sufficiently challenging and artistically valid. I spent the entire semester carefully dissecting my knife, making drawings of the components, and producing each individual piece. I chose lemon wood for the blades, Hawaiian Koa wood for the sides and maple for the dividers, tweezers, ring,...

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December 22, 2019
Woodworking

FINE WOODWORKING PART I

I’ve always loved working with wood. The smell of a freshly hewn board or the warm touch of a highly sanded piece of hard wood elicit very fond memories of a youth spent working on project made of wood. I grew up in a new suburban development outside of Detroit, Michigan. Once out own home was completed, I loved exploring others in the early stages of framing. I would bring home left over two by fours and other spare planks and build go carts, a seated “chariot”...

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December 1, 2019
Woodworking

BEGINNINGS

I have not made my living over the 40 plus years of professional life as a woodworker. In fact, designing and crafting physical "things" was only a passing activity during my extended years of university education. I found satisfaction and some success as a musician, composer, audio engineer, studio owner, record producer, entrepreneur, and professor — not a woodworker or craftsperson. My usual working environment is a recording studio, performance stage, or university classroom. And I've been lucky enough to have loved my work and career. But all...

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