RICHARD WEIGAND’S BLOG
Wabi sabi – Character In Wood… Part 2 of 4
Wabi sabi can be beautifully expressed in wood. It can be part of the wood’s natural growth and formation, and it can be discovered and brought to focus by a craftsman, or it can be added to the project by the craftsman. Here in Grayson County, we live surrounded by...
Wabi Sabi – The Japanese Art of Imperfection…
The Japanese concept of wabi sabi is ancient, deriving from even more ancient Chinese words. Scholars agree that wabi originally meant “the loneliness of living in nature, remote from society.” Sabi meant “chill,” “lean,” or “withered.” The more modern, more...
Fibonacci – Natural Beauty is Lasting… Part 2 of 2
Fibonacci proportion bridges from physical to non-physical. When you use those proportions, you’ll have a satisfying naturalness to your work – whether it’s a painting, a chair, a house, a car, or anything. They all have proportions and that 1.618 [ratio, Euclid’s and...
Fibonacci – Proportions In Furniture Making… Part 1
In Italy in the year 1202, Leonardo Pisano Bigollo published a text on mathematics that became the standard throughout the known world. While his ideas have been applied to many modern uses, two in particular have retained their importance through the more than 700...
Furniture Commissions Part 3 of 3
Then, economics comes into it. Those artists who say, don’t sell out, just follow your imagination, do what feels right to you… when you have an artist doing that, just doing what he wants to do with no regard for the marketplace, that’s when economics comes to view....
Furniture Commissions Part 2
It’s often difficult to get a clear understanding of what someone else is really looking for. Someone can say he likes a certain style, but that doesn’t tell you what aspect of that “style” is the germ of the appeal for him: is it light or dark wood, or shiny finish,...
Furniture Commissions Part 1
Richard says, when I get a commission from a client, I have to duplicate what he wants and that’s really important to becoming a good artist, to be able to fit a desire to fact, to take a vision and make it reality. When I have to look at what a client likes and what...
Welcome to Richard Weigand’s Blog
Welcome to Richard Weigand’s blog where you’ll learn about Richard, see progress pictures of custom furniture as it progresses from start to finish with tips and comments along the way. The journey of Richard Weigand from child to artist, craftsman, and entrepreneur,...