woodworking Tag
Monday December 21 2015
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Two Day Wood Finishing Short Course 2015
"Wood and the objects we create with it by and large should be finished in order to protect the surfaces against heat, liquids and handling, to seal the pores from dirt and dust, and in the process enhance the natural beauty by highlighting the grain,...
Douglas Maloney – Traditional Furniture Maker
See below a collection of images from the portfolio of our (Handsome & Co) resident and tutor - Douglas Maloney. ...
Alichia van Rhijn – Hearth Collective
We at Handsome & Co are very excited to welcome Alichia van Rhijn of Hearth collective to our team of talented tutors and crafts people. Now working from her Central Victorian studio, this self-proclaimed maker of things and vintage lover spends her time handcrafting goods ranging from woodwork, ceramics and...
Friday November 27 2015
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The Handsome & Co Educational Taster: Patterns of Delight
Formed things and thoughts live a life of their own, they radiate meaning...
Wednesday November 25 2015
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The Handsome & Co Educational Taster: Cane Weaving Photo’s
More photo's from the term 4 2015 'educational taster', check out the original article HERE ...
Saturday September 26 2015
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Festool Domino VS. Tradition
When I was studying furniture making the domino cutter didn’t exist, in fact, if I’m to believe Wikipedia it was only released for sale in 2007, the very same year I graduated from study. So in other words, the year I finished my four long...
Tuesday July 28 2015
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Handsome & Co Educational Taster: The Coopered Vessel
To cooper is the traditional craft of creating wooden ‘staved’ vessels for the transportation of goods, were a stave is the term given to each piece of timber which makes up the coopered vessel. Advances in material technologies such as plastics and cardboards has seen...
Rhys Jones
Rhys studied wood/furniture at the ANU School of Art, completing his honours year in 2011. It was there, in the furniture/wood workshop, that he began to explore and refine the theory and practice of fine furniture making under the guide Rodney Hayward (Head of Workshop). “Design...
Liam Thomas – We Eat The Sun
“The life so short, the craft so long to learn” Geoffrey Chaucer Liam’s expertise spans across two main areas of the furniture making industry, the first is as a designer / maker in which he creates furniture and objects under his own brand ‘We Eat The...