UPDATED: Woodworking and furniture design library list - September 2024
Not all of the physical books have made the cut for this list. But those that have, how can I not share them with you?
Lessons from a fledgling furniture maker
One year. That’s how long it’s been since I decided to try woodworking on for size. Our home has been taken over by (saw)dust bunnies, and I’m not (too) mad about it.
The definition of a project
If I’m working on a ‘project’, does that imply it must end as a Finished Thing? Is it classified as an ‘abandoned project’ if it doesn’t end as a Thing?
Does it even matter?
Making looms
I’ve been itching to make more stools. The idea of combining two disciplines — wood working and weaving — has been keeping me up at night, and I needed to do something about it.
Amigurumi charcutería
I don’t mind projects that take me years to complete, but sometimes, I need the hit of dopamine tout de suite.
Timber timber
Another trolley. Quelle surprise. It was a necessity, promise.
Plywood
Until recently, I've felt indifferent toward plywood. It was the stuff of cheap furniture and graffiti-inviting worksite panels, of knots and warps and school hall speakers. It just was.
I have this thing with trolleys
I especially like to snoop in yours. And if it wasn’t for social norms, I’d absolutely be asking you about its contents and your plans.
The first piece of furniture
A jill of all trades is a master of none, but oftentimes better than a master of one.
A beautiful mess
How do you get your ideas/thoughts out of your head? Do you say them aloud, or scrawl them on paper, or punch them out on a keyboard?
Blue and green should always be seen
In fact, I seek the two often.
Blocking knitted socks: before and after
Flavour of the month is knitted socks. They are NOWHERE near as terrifying as we’re led to believe, promise.
Book binding resources for beginners
A helpful list of books, online courses and free tutorials for beginner book binders.
Disco Prawns: a commission
Folded neatly into a stamped cake box, I handed over my first fabric commission two days ago. Surprisingly, I feel forlorn.
Bumble bee
My new favourite trio of colours. Until the next favourite, that is.
Block printing resources for beginners
A helpful list of books, online courses and free tutorials for beginner block printers.
Impatients
That’s what my mother calls them, so that’s what they are.
(Thanks to her accent, she also calls ‘sheets’ ‘eshits’, which most definitely is not what they are, but that’s a story for another day.)
White lotus
The series, not the flower.
Like a tacky birthday card, I open to this page in my notebook and the disconcerting music from the series credits start rolling.
Billy buttons
My mother agreed to buy me the hat.
It was neon pink and yellow and violet. The brand was Cheetah and I thought it would make me it and a bit.
Black-eyed Susan
But make the petals orange.
A surprise, really, because I have a love/hate relationship with the colour.