Today for our Open Wire session we have Joshua Klein, the founder of Mortise & Tenon Magazine, as our host. Joshua and his crew are as hardworking as they come. And so we were surprised when he volunteered to spend a Saturday answering reader questions.
Here’s how it works. Ask your question in the comments below. And Josh will post his response.
The comments will close for this post about 5 p.m. Eastern.
— Christopher Schwarz
For this Saturday’s Open Wire, we are delighted to welcome guest host Joshua Klein, editor of Mortise & Tenon Magazine (M&T) and author of “Hands Employed Aright: The Furniture Making of Jonathan Fisher (1768-1847).”
You can ask Joshua about all things M&T, Jonathan Fisher and homesteading in Maine, and about the “new” house he and his family, along with Michael Updegraff (M&Ts associate editor), and the sometimes-help of an army of friends, are re-constructing (it will be the Klein family home when it’s done). Joshua writes:
Besides starting to work on Issue Fifteen (which ships in September), Mike and I have been intensely focused on the restoration of an 1821 hand-hewn timber-frame house that we disassembled and moved to my property. We’ve spent months tackling numerous timber and joinery repairs before raising the whole thing on its new granite foundation. We’ve been chronicling the entire project each weekday at the M&T Daily Dispatch. This house embodies so much of the “art and mystery” of pre-industrial carpentry.
You can read a full profile of Joshua here.
I hope you will stop by this Saturday and Joshua a few questions (and I hope Mike might chime in, too!). We are opening up the Open Wire to our authors, and so you can look for more guest hosts in the coming weeks.
– Fitz
You are stuck with me again for the LAP Open Wire this week. (We have a special guest lined up for next week, however.)
So let’s hear your woodworking questions.
Here’s how it works: Type your question in the comment field. I will post my answer. It is that simple.
Before you ask a question, please read this.
Comments have been closed. See you next week!
— Christopher Schwarz
I am so pleased to have George Walker as our first guest host of the Lost Art Press Open Wire. George is a traditional woodworker who (with his friend Jim Tolpin) has spent nearly 20 years exploring and explaining “artisan geometry.”
Artisan geometry is the clever and simple system behind all the good designs and simple layout methods that flow from the bench. It is the footers and foundations of our craft – and that of architecture. And once learned, it will open your mind (and hands) to a simpler and more direct way to design and work.
George and Jim have already written four books about it for us, and they are working on a fifth.
If you have questions about this unseen world, George is here to help answer them today.
Here’s how it works: Type your question in the comment field. George will post his answer. It is that easy.
Before you ask a question, please read this.
So here we go…. Note that comments for this entry will close about 5 p.m. Eastern.
— Christopher Schwarz
Author George Walker is hosting this Saturday’s Open Wire here on the Lost Art Press blog. You’ll get to ask George about the new book he’s working on with Jim Tolpin, plus ask questions about design, artisan geometry and traditional woodworking – all the good stuff.
George and Jim are the authors of four Lost Art Press Books: “By Hand & Eye,” “By Hound & Eye,” “Truths to Tools” and “Euclid’s Door.”
George and Jim also run the By Hand & Eye website, where they generously help other woodworkers (and school students) explore the world of artisan geometry.
The pair are hard at work on a new book for Lost Art Press. Here’s what George has to say about it:
Tentatively called “Good Eye, Skilled Hands,” it’s a dive into historic work to uncover timeless lessons about design. We deconstruct the geometry and proportions hidden beneath the surface, secrets that still offer insights for modern furniture builders. Proportions hidden in a medieval coffer or even the geometry built into the framing of a 400-year-old English threshing barn may inspire and guide designs for a contemporary coffee table or a writing desk. It will change the way you see historic work.
You can read a full profile of George here. And of Jim here.
You can also follow them on Instagram: @georgewalker.design and @jimtolpin.
I hope you will stop by this Saturday and ask George a few questions (Jim might chime in, too). We are opening up the Open Wire to our authors, and so you can look for more guest hosts in the coming weeks.
— Christopher Schwarz