by Mary Elizabeth O'Toole | Feb 7, 2017 | Inspiration, Quilting, Resources
This post was written by Mary Elizabeth O’Toole Last Tuesday, Stephen presented some favourite online woodworking resources in his post Tech Tuesday: That Internet Thing. This week, I’ll continue the discussion with a few sites to inspire you in your work in...
by Mary Elizabeth O'Toole | Feb 4, 2017 | Materials, Sustainability, Woodworking
Today’s post is written by Stephen Parsons As a kid, my first impressions of wood were those concerning its utility. Wood was for whittlin’, buildin’, and burnin’ and I knew certain woods were better at those things than others. As I got a...
by Mary Elizabeth O'Toole | Feb 2, 2017 | Repurposing, Sustainability, Work In Progress
This post was written by Mary Elizabeth O’Toole This week, I am finishing up a lap quilt made with mainly reclaimed materials. I have been saving discarded jeans and other clothes for some time specifically for a project like this one. It is a perfect...
by Mary Elizabeth O'Toole | Jan 31, 2017 | Inspiration, Marketing, Technology in Art, Woodworking
Today’s post is written by Stephen Parsons The staff at my office think that either I am becoming totally antisocial or have a secret affair going on. While they are gathering in the lunch room to share their sandwiches and a little office gossip, I heat up my...
by Mary Elizabeth O'Toole | Jan 26, 2017 | Tools and Equipment, Woodworking, Work In Progress
This post was written by Mary Elizabeth O’Toole While preparing my recent post on Taming Your Stash, I decided I should follow my own advice and do a review of projects that I have in various stages of completion. That inventory includes several small tables. ...
by Mary Elizabeth O'Toole | Jan 24, 2017 | Technology in Art, Tools and Equipment
Today’s post is written by Stephen Parsons. Yesterday, we took possession of our very first laser cutting/engraving machine. It’s the A5 5500mw Mini Laser Engraver from GearBest (China) and I am eagerly looking forward to finishing its assembly and taking...
by Mary Elizabeth O'Toole | Jan 22, 2017 | Inspiration
This post was written by Mary Elizabeth O’Toole Every artist that I have ever met has a stash of materials that exceeds what they could use in a lifetime. It is hard to resist the lure of new material to turn into a work of art. We all see the potential, the...
by Mary Elizabeth O'Toole | Jan 19, 2017 | Tools and Equipment, Woodworking, Work In Progress
This post is written by Stephen Parsons. One of our newer initiatives is a series of cutting boards which has turned out to be more inspiring and fun than I had imagined. I introduced one of them in an earlier post, “Something Whimsical”. We are about to...
by Mary Elizabeth O'Toole | Jan 17, 2017 | Inspiration, Technology in Art, Tools and Equipment
This post was written by Mary Elizabeth O’Toole Last week, Stephen introduced our Tech Tuesdays with musings on the importance of thinking about why and how you select a particular tool to develop or enhance creativity and/or the artistic process. I don’t...
by Mary Elizabeth O'Toole | Jan 15, 2017 | Design, Inspiration, Woodworking
Today’s post is written by Stephen Parsons. People who are new to woodworking and those who view it from the perspective of an external observer may think of woodworking as being somewhat an homogeneous field of work. But there are many styles and perspectives of...
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