The best gifts are free – wood
One day when I came to the workshop I found a big lump of wood nicely giftwrapped on the table. My girlfriend had stumbled upon it when coming home wit the train – and carried it all the way home (and it’s heavy!). I think it was one of the best gifts I received for christmas.
My local store is running out of wood!
My local supply store that used to be a machine wood work shop is running out of massive wood –…
Fixing up the knife that i got from my grandfather as a teenager
When I was a teenager I remember me and one of my school friends being fascinated with knives and we even started making our own ones (of cause never finalized). My mother was extremely affraid of my with tools and knifes so I wasn’t even allowed to have it anyway. When I became a “boy scout” and got the “knife certificate” I was allowed anyway and when my grandfather found an already old knife in a dumbster and gave it to me as a gift. I was thrilled! Of cause it wasn’t really sharp and the blade was almost black already then.
Relaxing in the workshop
One of the great things of us getting the workshop is that it gives us an extra room at home – away from home. It hasn’t only become a room where we do our creative work but also a recreative space where we invite friends – or like me hanging around til very late just listening to music and drinking some wine.
Seeing the Danish Cabinet Makers Autumn Exhibition 2013 and a presentation by OeO
One of things that I never really realized was that the danish design museum is only a few minuttes away from work. They have a great library, interresting furniture design exhibitions and even lectures about design related topics. When one of my friends told me about this exhibition I signed up for the newsletter – and by coincidence I ended up seeing a lecture by OeO which was fabulous and highly relevant for my ideas.
Saying good bye to my first web site
It has been a really great process to go through all my projects and selecting the ones to be on the new site. One thing is that I feel that both the design and quality of my pieces a very high but also seeing the actual progress that I have made within the last year is kind of amazing.
Burnout and a new work shop
Woodworking in my kitchen has been a blast but let’s face it – its small and makes our appartment an eternal dust trap. Since the building we live in actually had a spare room in the basement that has previously been used as a workshop my suggestion to rent it was approved. So for last couple of months I’ve been establishing a new workshop in the basement and I would like to invite you in for a glance.
Going “live” – a thank you note
Last night I finally just let go and shared the link to Touch me. Feel me. Love me. on Facebook. My little project is no longer a “secret story” and it feels great!
No sudden cure
The road to succes and “making it” seems very long, and over the last couple of weeks I’ve found other young designers on the Internet that has done marvelous work. How am I to compete? I have a full time job that requires even more time and I have a life that is more important than any piece of furniture. So why am I doing it and why does it matter so much?
A workbench in our kitchen
Inspired by videos on Youtube I started constructing my own workbench. It was done during last years summer vacation in July.
Our apartment is 56 sqr. meters – so fitting a workshop into the kitchen is an achievement in itself.
