WPatrickEdwards

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 I have not posted on my blog for nearly a year.  Not because I have nothing to post but because the activities of my life have kept me busy with work.  It has not been a couple of "normal" ye...

https://wpatrickedwards.blogspot.com/2022/01/with-age-comes-wisdom.html

 I guess you could say that at my age I am an "old dog."  People always say that "you can't teach an old new tricks."  Well, I am happy to say that this idea is not always true. I have been ...

https://wpatrickedwards.blogspot.com/2021/03/more-than-one-way-to-cane-chairs.html

There are several components of antique furniture which take a beating over the years.  Often it is the drawers that show their age first.  The constant opening and closing of the drawers ...

https://wpatrickedwards.blogspot.com/2021/02/not-leg-to-stand-on.html

 When I was an impressionable young man, I wanted to be a nuclear scientist.  I have written here many times about that period of my life.  The worlds of science fiction and the reality of my ...

https://wpatrickedwards.blogspot.com/2020/09/technomania-cult.html

                                "ICI NOUS SAVONS LE PASSE POUR LE FUTUR"  Yesterday I participated in another Zoom group presentation sponsored by the Ruskin Society of Los ...

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Reading Roubo I am slowly being dragged with great reluctance into this modern virtual age of teaching.  In a way, the act of creating a blog and posting over the past decade has set the st...

https://wpatrickedwards.blogspot.com/2020/07/to-die-with-secret-is-sin.html

A Constant Reminder of Purpose I had the good fortune to be born in 1948.  I grew up in the decade of the 1950's and came of age during the 1960's.  I was a product of the Baby Boom genera...

https://wpatrickedwards.blogspot.com/2020/06/the-romance-of-craftsmanship.html

I am what you would call an "old fashioned" teacher.  I spent the early part of my career teaching four nights a week in the Adult Education classes which were popular in California during the 1...

https://wpatrickedwards.blogspot.com/2020/05/brave-new-world-teaching.html

Anger Management Issues Much? Years ago, when I was a popular speaker on the "Antiques/Decorative Arts" circuit, I often presented a talk which was very well received.  The topic of the tal...

https://wpatrickedwards.blogspot.com/2020/04/once-fake-always-fake.html

Some of My Peers This post is a test.  As you noted the last few blog posts have had their photos removed.  I do not know what caused this, but I will work to fix it soon. In the mean ti...

https://wpatrickedwards.blogspot.com/2020/04/five-sapfm-cartouche-woodworkers.html

Boulle Work Imagine creating a form of furniture decoration that is inherently unstable and extremely expensive that somehow has lasted over three centuries.  Not only creating the decorati...

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No Further Words Needed.. This post is intended for everyone today who is staying inside their homes and working to do nothing so that we can "flatten the curve."  I do not need to explain ...

https://wpatrickedwards.blogspot.com/2020/04/waiting-for-negentropy.html

Have You Tried This? My first experience with super glue was when I was working in physics nearly 50 years ago.  I didn't know what this glue was capable of and accidentally got some on my ...

https://wpatrickedwards.blogspot.com/2020/04/you-should-not-be-afraid-of-your-glue.html

One Ton of Milligan and Higgins Glue In my somewhat distinguished and long career as a woodworker, I can say with confidence that I have never been concerned about running out of wood glue. ...

https://wpatrickedwards.blogspot.com/2020/04/synthetic-glues-rub-me-wrong-way.html

9-17-08 When you work in a shop for a while, things just seem to find a place and never go away.  I am always finding photos, stickers, cartoons and other stuff that I think is interesting ...

https://wpatrickedwards.blogspot.com/2020/04/hoe-to-save-your-hide-glue.html

You Cannot Make Marquetry Without Hot Glue At this age, I get up ever day at 5:00 am and hit the ground running.  I believe the first 4 hours of the day are the most important.  There are ...

https://wpatrickedwards.blogspot.com/2020/04/cooking-oatmeal-or-cooking-glue.html

Another Day at Work To say that I repair furniture is being modest.  For 50 years I have solved two types of problems associated with antique furniture.  The normal cause of wood failure i...

https://wpatrickedwards.blogspot.com/2020/04/video-series-working-with-protein-glue.html

Christmas at 3815 Utah Street The world has changed since my last post.  I have been as busy as always, working on diverse and amazing projects.  But with the emergence of the global Pande...

https://wpatrickedwards.blogspot.com/2020/03/quarantined-at-work.html

I returned to teach at Marc Adams School of Woodworking in Indianapolis recently.  I have been asked to teach there for several years now and it is starting to feel like a second home. Marc ha...

https://wpatrickedwards.blogspot.com/2019/11/master-to-master-interview.html

Jug of Wine and a Good Pipe Makes Me Happy This week I was contacted by a client with another late 17th century marquetry tall case English clock for restoration.  It had been in his family...

https://wpatrickedwards.blogspot.com/2019/09/what-was-he-thinking.html

New Book From Marc Adams I have been very fortunate in my life to know many of the best woodworkers in the world.  Some have become good friends.  Others are a real inspiration to me perso...

https://wpatrickedwards.blogspot.com/2019/07/the-difference-makers.html

I just received the notice from Christopher Schwartz that Marc Adams' book, "The Difference Makers," is ready to ship.  I am excited  to see it and to get a chance to read about all the instruc...

https://wpatrickedwards.blogspot.com/2019/07/new-october-classes-at-marc-adams.html

If This Is What You Wake Up To In The Morning, It Is Going To Be A Great Day! Patrice and I have been discussing for two years what we wanted to do to celebrate the completion of the Treasur...

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Patrice Lejeune and I show our Treasure Boxes When I started my business in June of 1969 it was because I needed furniture for my new house and it was obvious that old or antique furniture w...

https://wpatrickedwards.blogspot.com/2019/05/celebrating-50-years-in-business.html