Thursday, February 13, 2014
730 Days of Blogging
12/6/09 ..... Whoa ... Another year goes by. This was the 30th year for Dorset Custom Furniture and my second year of writing about it ... Stephen King, in On Writing, says Writing is refined thinking. I agree with him on that. For me, photographing and writing about what we do makes me think differently about work and life in general, the interactions with clients and friends, nature and family, and everything else that goes by in our sometimes rushed charge to get through the workday. It was a challenging year but we still had some very interesting projects ... a stairway we built in Vermont and sent to California, a desk interpreting the style of a famous British architect, Sir Edwin Lutyens, a banjo project, a room of walnut paneling, some slab top tables, some very cool metal chairs ... and many others. Thanks for reading and if we made something for you this past year, thanks for that too ....
Sunrise 12 4 08
Well, a year ago I told myself I would write a blog for 6 months and see how it went .... Writing ... its interesting. It makes a record .... I can see the broad scope of the last year by scrolling back through the posts .... While its not all here, its more than I have for the previous 28 years of doing what I do. Those other years are mostly a bunch of little pictures in big portfolios. Nice to look at, but essentially, theyre just pictures in books. Ditto the website .... Theres not much life there. Pictures of furniture I can see pretty much anywhere, but this year, we have projects, processes, people I work with every day making things, asides like a walk in the woods, golf, repairs and making a casket, more like, really, the actual stuff of life and work. Definitely not just the pictures. So, on we go .... making stuff. Sharing our methods, keeping our clients in the loop .... Year 30 coming up .... Looks to be a challenging one, but on we go, not knowing what lies ahead except that it will be interesting. Thank you all for reading and responding; Ive met some great folks on line here and hope I helped some of them with their projects and inspired others to reach higher with their craft. While Im rambling, Kit and I send you our best wishes for the Holiday Season .... Peace ....
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