Comments for The Northwest Woodworking Studio http://nwspdx.wordpress.com Gary Rogowski Wed, 09 Jul 2008 03:30:20 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=MU Comment on Taking a Class by Steve Warburton http://nwspdx.wordpress.com/2008/06/30/taking-a-class/#comment-241 Steve Warburton Fri, 04 Jul 2008 04:37:59 +0000 http://nwspdx.wordpress.com/?p=46#comment-241 As one of the 12 mentioned, it was indeed a marathon but a wonderful experience! I think the best part of the course was that we were (within limits!) allowed to move in different directions. My highboy never got finished but I learned so much I'm still digesting much of it. Measure twice....measure twice...measure twice.... Thanks Gary et al. I already miss the shop (and Jimmy). As one of the 12 mentioned, it was indeed a marathon but a wonderful experience! I think the best part of the course was that we were (within limits!) allowed to move in different directions. My highboy never got finished but I learned so much I’m still digesting much of it.
Measure twice….measure twice…measure twice….
Thanks Gary et al. I already miss the shop (and Jimmy).

]]> Comment on Everybody is a Star by dan mosheim http://nwspdx.wordpress.com/2008/06/12/everybody-is-a-star/#comment-239 dan mosheim Sun, 29 Jun 2008 19:55:37 +0000 http://nwspdx.wordpress.com/?p=43#comment-239 Good job Gary ... Teach design ... one of the best thoughts there is... It's 'how?' that's the challenge .. Betty Edwards is certainly a good start and what she teaches about seeing is everything. Design is seeing what you like and what you don't like and trying to use the things you like in creative, different ways. I agree with Bob above about doing a little drawing everyday ... Making thought visible ... Now if we can just find some customers for those homeless ideas we could really have some fun ....Keep it up. I enjoy your blog ... Feel free to check out mine to see if it would be useful to your classes .... Good luck dan mosheim http://dorsetcustomfurniture.blogspot.com/ Good job Gary … Teach design … one of the best thoughts there is… It’s ‘how?’ that’s the challenge .. Betty Edwards is certainly a good start and what she teaches about seeing is everything. Design is seeing what you like and what you don’t like and trying to use the things you like in creative, different ways. I agree with Bob above about doing a little drawing everyday … Making thought visible … Now if we can just find some customers for those homeless ideas we could really have some fun ….Keep it up. I enjoy your blog … Feel free to check out mine to see if it would be useful to your classes …. Good luck
dan mosheim http://dorsetcustomfurniture.blogspot.com/

]]> Comment on Everybody is a Star by Bob Passaro http://nwspdx.wordpress.com/2008/06/12/everybody-is-a-star/#comment-231 Bob Passaro Tue, 17 Jun 2008 01:48:10 +0000 http://nwspdx.wordpress.com/?p=43#comment-231 As long as you're talking books, another worthwhile one on this subject is "The Creative Habit" by the Broadway choreographer Twyla Tharp. In a nutshell, her message is that "creativity" in art lies not so much in flashes of inspiration as it does in simple hard work, persistence and in making your creative enterprise part of your daily routine (i.e., draw some furniture ideas in your sketchbook every day). -- Bob As long as you’re talking books, another worthwhile one on this subject is “The Creative Habit” by the Broadway choreographer Twyla Tharp. In a nutshell, her message is that “creativity” in art lies not so much in flashes of inspiration as it does in simple hard work, persistence and in making your creative enterprise part of your daily routine (i.e., draw some furniture ideas in your sketchbook every day). — Bob

]]> Comment on Everybody is a Star by Mark Mazzo http://nwspdx.wordpress.com/2008/06/12/everybody-is-a-star/#comment-229 Mark Mazzo Fri, 13 Jun 2008 12:42:01 +0000 http://nwspdx.wordpress.com/?p=43#comment-229 Gary, Interesting to see this post. I was just writing about design on my blog as well... I think that the link with art and drawing is a real one - that as well as studying appealing things that were designed in the past. I've always had some aptitude for drawing, but it was never really encouraged. I too read Betty Edward's book and it showed me that this skill could be developed - with some effort. It seems that the skill of design, like anything else is one that has to be developed by doing it. You know that they say that you can learn more from a failure than from a success! So, I keep trying things and developing my ability to design. It's seems that it's a lifelong journey. Great post! --Mark <a href="http://thecraftsmanspath.com" rel="nofollow">The Craftsman's Path</a> Gary,

Interesting to see this post. I was just writing about design on my blog as well…

I think that the link with art and drawing is a real one - that as well as studying appealing things that were designed in the past. I’ve always had some aptitude for drawing, but it was never really encouraged. I too read Betty Edward’s book and it showed me that this skill could be developed - with some effort.

It seems that the skill of design, like anything else is one that has to be developed by doing it. You know that they say that you can learn more from a failure than from a success! So, I keep trying things and developing my ability to design. It’s seems that it’s a lifelong journey.

Great post!

–Mark

The Craftsman’s Path

]]> Comment on Please Step Away From the Project by Vic http://nwspdx.wordpress.com/2008/06/03/please-step-away-from-the-project/#comment-225 Vic Tue, 10 Jun 2008 01:09:36 +0000 http://nwspdx.wordpress.com/?p=42#comment-225 A close friend once told me the mark of a true craftsman isn't that he no longer makes mistakes, it's that only he will ever see them. A close friend once told me the mark of a true craftsman isn’t that he no longer makes mistakes, it’s that only he will ever see them.

]]> Comment on Please Step Away From the Project by Molly Major http://nwspdx.wordpress.com/2008/06/03/please-step-away-from-the-project/#comment-223 Molly Major Thu, 05 Jun 2008 05:04:04 +0000 http://nwspdx.wordpress.com/?p=42#comment-223 Lovely thoughts...Thanks! Lovely thoughts…Thanks!

]]> Comment on Please Step Away From the Project by Doug Whitson http://nwspdx.wordpress.com/2008/06/03/please-step-away-from-the-project/#comment-218 Doug Whitson Wed, 04 Jun 2008 11:33:24 +0000 http://nwspdx.wordpress.com/?p=42#comment-218 Guilty as charged. Thanks for the new take on not seeing the forest for the trees. :) Doug Guilty as charged. Thanks for the new take on not seeing the forest for the trees. :)
Doug

]]> Comment on The Woodworkers Total Body Work-Out by Sid http://nwspdx.wordpress.com/2008/05/23/the-woodworkers-total-body-work-out/#comment-203 Sid Sat, 24 May 2008 07:52:08 +0000 http://nwspdx.wordpress.com/?p=38#comment-203 My friend and I were laughing so hard!!!! My friend and I were laughing so hard!!!!

]]> Comment on It’s Only a Windsor Part Four or (I Don’t Do This in My World) by Jeff Van H orn http://nwspdx.wordpress.com/2008/05/20/it%e2%80%99s-only-a-windsor-part-four-or-i-don%e2%80%99t-do-this-in-my-world/#comment-199 Jeff Van H orn Fri, 23 May 2008 20:49:02 +0000 http://nwspdx.wordpress.com/?p=37#comment-199 Gary's blog is always both educational and high entertainment, at the very least. But the Windsor chair making, this was exceedingly excellent, (if I may stack my superlatives). Thoroughly enjoyable. Gary’s blog is always both educational and high entertainment, at the very least. But the Windsor chair making, this was exceedingly excellent, (if I may stack my superlatives).
Thoroughly enjoyable.

]]> Comment on The Woodworkers Total Body Work-Out by Luke Townsley http://nwspdx.wordpress.com/2008/05/23/the-woodworkers-total-body-work-out/#comment-198 Luke Townsley Fri, 23 May 2008 20:02:55 +0000 http://nwspdx.wordpress.com/?p=38#comment-198 I couldn't have said it better. I couldn’t have said it better.

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