Comments on: My first drawer (epilogue to the High-end Drawers series) http://www.rpwoodwork.com/blog/2009/11/15/my-first-drawer-epilogue-to-the-high-end-drawers-series/ inside the woodshop Mon, 06 Feb 2012 03:33:54 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 By: Rob http://www.rpwoodwork.com/blog/2009/11/15/my-first-drawer-epilogue-to-the-high-end-drawers-series/#comment-4622 Rob Thu, 04 Feb 2010 01:08:03 +0000 http://www.rpwoodwork.com/blog/?p=534#comment-4622 Thanks very much, Dan. Rob Thanks very much, Dan.

Rob

]]> By: Dan http://www.rpwoodwork.com/blog/2009/11/15/my-first-drawer-epilogue-to-the-high-end-drawers-series/#comment-4612 Dan Wed, 03 Feb 2010 06:43:31 +0000 http://www.rpwoodwork.com/blog/?p=534#comment-4612 This is my favorite line: "...the honest joy in having an idea and making it simply be there." The creative process is like magic! I love it that you still have and appreciate the valet as well as the memories of the process. And if it is not fine craft, it is still craft. Great post! Thanks! This is my favorite line:

“…the honest joy in having an idea and making it simply be there.”

The creative process is like magic! I love it that you still have and appreciate the valet as well as the memories of the process. And if it is not fine craft, it is still craft.

Great post! Thanks!

]]> By: Rob http://www.rpwoodwork.com/blog/2009/11/15/my-first-drawer-epilogue-to-the-high-end-drawers-series/#comment-3233 Rob Fri, 27 Nov 2009 00:56:54 +0000 http://www.rpwoodwork.com/blog/?p=534#comment-3233 Thanks for the comment, Rob. Yes, it's all at the bench. Rob Thanks for the comment, Rob. Yes, it’s all at the bench.

Rob

]]> By: Rob http://www.rpwoodwork.com/blog/2009/11/15/my-first-drawer-epilogue-to-the-high-end-drawers-series/#comment-3226 Rob Thu, 26 Nov 2009 18:11:22 +0000 http://www.rpwoodwork.com/blog/?p=534#comment-3226 "Yet, looking back, there were also lessons learned about planning a project and progressing through the steps, a certain discipline of thought and action. Further, valuable experiences were accumulated: the feel of tools in the hands and of steel on wood, the quirks of wood, and how things can go wrong and right." The development of craftsmanship. Woodworking is experiential. It seems metaphoric until you are in that moment, eh? Thanks Rob! Bests, Rob “Yet, looking back, there were also lessons learned about planning a project and progressing through the steps, a certain discipline of thought and action. Further, valuable experiences were accumulated: the feel of tools in the hands and of steel on wood, the quirks of wood, and how things can go wrong and right.”

The development of craftsmanship. Woodworking is experiential. It seems metaphoric until you are in that moment, eh?

Thanks Rob!

Bests,

Rob

]]> By: Rob http://www.rpwoodwork.com/blog/2009/11/15/my-first-drawer-epilogue-to-the-high-end-drawers-series/#comment-3131 Rob Thu, 19 Nov 2009 23:33:35 +0000 http://www.rpwoodwork.com/blog/?p=534#comment-3131 Thanks, Sean. I agree but I think I'd have to resort to saying that this homely drawer has, well, a "nice personality". Thanks, Sean. I agree but I think I’d have to resort to saying that this homely drawer has, well, a “nice personality”.

]]> By: Sean http://www.rpwoodwork.com/blog/2009/11/15/my-first-drawer-epilogue-to-the-high-end-drawers-series/#comment-3129 Sean Thu, 19 Nov 2009 19:08:00 +0000 http://www.rpwoodwork.com/blog/?p=534#comment-3129 Sincerity of effort always shines through and makes even a simple plywood drawer charming. Sophistication is overrated. Sincerity of effort always shines through and makes even a simple plywood drawer charming. Sophistication is overrated.

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