Little Acorns

August 17, 2020 2:30 PM

Little Acorns is Nancy Hiller's series of woodworker profiles.

Nick Offerman: Serious Fun
Feeling Her Way: Harriet Speed, Furniture Designer & Maker
John Cox and the Lost Art of Traditional Coopering
Pine Croft: the Little Woodworking School with a Giant History
Laura Mays: Making the Connections Between Building and Design
Across the Board: Yoav Liberman – Furniture Maker, Teacher & Finder of the Good
Stay Focused, Keep Moving: An Interview with Freddy Roman
True Grit: An Interview with Helen Welch of the London School of Furniture Making
On & Off the Page: An Interview with Anissa Kapsales
American Dream: The Brothers Abraham
Paying it Forward: An Interview with Megan Fitzpatrick
An Interview with Barbie of Barbie Woodshop
Meet the Comet: Interview with Aspen Golann
Interview with Kate Swann of the Florida School of Woodwork, Part Two: A Career in Woodworking
Interview with Kate Swann of the Florida School of Woodwork, Part One: From Aldershot to Oregon, via the Altiplano
Lynette Breton

(Previously.)

posted by zamboni (9 comments total)

So wonderful
posted by growabrain at 4:43 PM on August 17, 2020 [1 favorite]

I like this.
posted by Horkus at 4:49 PM on August 17, 2020 [1 favorite]

Wow. These are just lovely. I've only begun dipping into a couple of them (Laura Mays and The Brothers Abraham), but I can already tell I'm going to want to read them all.

Thank you so much for sharing this series with us, zamboni!
posted by kristi at 5:15 PM on August 17, 2020 [1 favorite]

I'm not handy with a tool but one of my favourite things is watching competent people go about their work and talking about their work and tools and processes. Some people get into sportswriting without really being super into the games, these posts are entirely my bag.

The interview with Helen Welch was superb. Thanks!
posted by Foaf at 1:32 AM on August 18, 2020

I've been following these on the Lost Art Press blog, but they really deserve to be seen by a wide audience. Thanks for sharing!
posted by Harald74 at 1:50 AM on August 18, 2020

These are wonderful. Thank you!
posted by rp at 9:32 AM on August 18, 2020

These are fun! Lost Arts Press Filter delivers again.
posted by St. Oops at 10:18 AM on August 18, 2020

Okay, and having returned to this after having recommended the series to other people, I just have to say: the interview with Barbie of Barbie's Woodshop is fabulous.

NH: How did you and Ken meet each other?

BW: Local hardware store, aisle 12, miscellaneous screws and fasteners section. We both reached for the last threaded insert.

Brilliant. Delightful.

I am so glad to know about this. I am always in need of Things To Read That Are Not The News these days.
posted by kristi at 3:25 PM on August 22, 2020

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posted by zamboni at 7:39 AM on August 24, 2020