And it was with the industrial revolution that popular good taste disappeared. They had destroyed the craft and with it the standards and traditions built up over the centuries, and the craftsman was left, bewildered and defenceless, in an age that had no place for him.
Time brings its revenges. Today we are consciously, painstakingly, with infinite effort, trying to regain some of the good that was lost when the machine took over.
— The Woodworker, June 1951
The quote is ‘The Woodworker’, I assume the magazine, but who is the author. It sounds from what little of his work I have read like John Brown. Is that the case? Am I showing my lack of knowledge to the world? Probably.
Thanks,
Scott
Chris,
I would recommend that you make the pics on the blog available for downloading. Some of them would make great wallpaper or screen-savers. On another note, I recently canceled a competitors woodworking magazine because there are way too many adds and just too pricey. I really enjoy reading PWW!! Thanks for putting together a quality product.
The extract is from a column that ran in ‘The Woodworker’ a UK publication from 1930s to 1960s called ‘Chips from the Chisel’; a somewhat philosophical and ruminative column. Some were collected into short book in 1978 called ‘Chips from the Woodworker’. Like most articles in the magazine prior to the 1970s, there was no author stated; the author of the column was a woman (can’t find my copy of the book at moment to get the name), of as you see decided opinions.
The extract is from a one page opinion piece.
I like the photos. Any way we could get the full size versions for desktop backgrounds?