RICHARD WEIGAND’S BLOG
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Skull – Part 3
Life size skull in salvaged wood
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Skull – Part 2
Unusual life like skull keychain
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Wood Binder
Walnut recipe book for avid cooks
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Skull – Part 1
Fooling around on the CNC just for fun
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Walnuts
Look closely and see the walnuts coming.
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Trees
Beautiful trees that give us so much.
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The Shop
Come visit the shop…
Fairing the Curve – Part 10 of 10
It’s very much like boatbuilding, where the builder has to combine the beauty of the form with the function of the object; when smoothness has to be met with sturdiness without either effect being shortchanged. It’s a gentle tension, an honest compromise. It’s fairing...
Fairing the Curve – Part 9
“Art is the spiritual part of woodworking. The other part is the practicality of the building process and the functional aspect of the piece. There’s always a balance between what you are trying to say aesthetically and the practicality of the piece — there’s always a...
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Fairing the Curve – Part 8
“A customer will feel that something is not quite right but he can’t put a name to it or explain to someone else what the problem is. You might go to a show and like one guy’s chairs but you aren’t interested in buying one; but then you walk into another person’s...