Thursday, January 19, 2012

What I Have Learned from Making My Bookshelves

Wood is uncompromising.

It is a reflection of how much time and care you choose to put into the work.

If you choose to take shortcuts, they will be clearly visible in the finished piece.

Every step takes the amount of time its going to take, and if you try to rush, it just leads to mistakes.

Mistakes are not easy to fix.  Often the only thing you can do is to go back and start from the beginning.

At a certain point you have to decide it's "good enough" and accept what you've done, flaws and all.

If you are patient and work carefully and lovingly in the end the entire piece will glow.