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Hand Craftsmanship in the Digital Age

Interviews with craftsmen of all stripes to understand what they do, and what kind of satisfactions they get from their work. No nudity at any time.

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00:43:30

From my upcoming book The Joy of Workmanship

Hand Craftsmanship in the Digital Age ·

2024/12/18

The Joy of Workmanship is now complete, and heading to a publisher soon--with a little luck. Here's a description and the introduction. Let me know what you think!

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00:47:05

Episode 14: Jennifer Benner's peaceful gardening escape

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2024/12/13

Jennifer Benner is a master gardener, book author, and former editor at Fine Gardening magazine. I challenged her with the idea of gardening as a craft, and the result is this interview. This peaceful escape that Jenny jokes she is addicted to has given her more than a career and a living. We talked about how gardening changed her as a person, how the beauty of an object comes from the effort we’ve put into making it, or participating in its creation. There is a world of difference between

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02:15:16

Episode 13: Abe Chaber and the pursuit of "It's...

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2024/02/20

Abe Chaber is a master gunsmith of best grade shotguns, having apprenticed under Carl Kruger. His work is beyond superlative, and recognized worldwide as among the very best.The challenges of gunsmithing, using only hand tools and traditional materials to maintain 18th and 19th-century authenticity in his repairs and reproductions, cannot be underestimated. Abe works with different steels, iron, copper, gold and silver, wood and horn, leather and many other materials each with their own

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01:44:25

Episode 12: Ian Kirby: The Quiet Acceptance that...

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2023/12/01

Ian Kirby's storied career as a teacher, designer, and hand craftsman with great skills of workmanship is the foundation of this interview. We talk of many things, from lessons such as to never make a piece of furniture without a purpose; how drawing from nature, not from other artists or craftsmen, is key to understanding good design; how students have changed since the 1970’s; how nothing in nature is truly ugly, and nature is our visual capital; the American v. the English way of learning

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01:19:35

Episode 10: Ben Heineman: Self-taught furniture and...

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2023/11/14

Go see Ben's work at benswoodshop on Instagram, then you will have all the context you need for a discussion with him about mastery, beauty, making things, and what keeps him going, making things that people will treasure in their lives.

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01:32:30

Episode 11: Denise Keim and Chip Reid On Seeing and...

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2023/10/30

Cell phones make photography the most democratic of arts. You take pictures, don't you? What is the thrill of the click for you? Denise Keim, an amazing professional street photographer, and Chip Reid, attorney-by-day and talented photographer by night (and weekend-day) discuss who they are, what they do, their attitudes towards their work, how their work shapes them, has opened doors for them and fulfills their lives, and, in the end, if the Kardashians are beautiful. Doesn't the search

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00:31:21

Episode 9 3/4: On Hating Your Job v. Finding Meaning,...

Hand Craftsmanship in the Digital Age ·

2023/10/20

The corporate lawyer told me he hated everything about his job except the paycheck. I wondered how he could live that way. I find such satisfaction and meaning in my simple cabinetmaking work. Other craftsmen seem to feel the same--though words to describe this secret ingredient are few and vague. Between interviews, an exploration of the goals of this podcast and the accompanying book.

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00:54:41

Episode 9: Paula Sparks on Carpentry, Jewlery Making,...

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2023/01/16

Paula Sparks is my wife's best friend. She has spent her life either working with her hands or teaching how to use them in a range of trades.From furniture stripping and repairing, to jewelry making, to residential carpentry, we talk about throwing creativity into mundane work, quieting the inner chatter, the dullness of office work, and how comparison is the thief of joy. Enjoy!

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01:11:25

Episode 8: Alex Alexopolous and Lauren Scott on the...

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2022/12/29

Alex and Lauren are my former neighbors, sadly moved away. Though their backgrounds and experience are rich and varied, they have one thing in common-- they have been (and Lauren still is) part of the "restaurant world." Lauren as a high-end restaurant server, and Alex was an owner and manager. What do they have to say about "working with their hands"? Is restaurant work a craft? Does it involve the same things, or not? Is it "mind work" if not hand work? Be prepared to learn lots about what goes

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00:15:25

Episode 6.1 Followup with Mark Clement on wisdom...

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2022/12/14

Mark sent a follow up email on the kind of wisdom he pulls away from hand work that was compelling enough to share and comment on. Only 15 minutes!

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00:58:09

Episode 7: Marilyn Webster, Presence and Patience at...

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2022/12/09

Marlyn Webster is a masterful weaver (www.whimsyandtea.com) who is also thoughtful about what she does (www.whimsyandtea.com/blog). We talk about the importance of having beauty in daily life, what goes into creating it, and our strange reluctance to have it -- would you use a handwoven kitchen towel to clean up spaghetti sauce, or would you feel it was "too good for the job"? Marilyn addresses the idea of the patience to make something is actually a presence in the process, enjoyable in itself. She

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02:13:22

Episode 6: Mark Clement and his "Pinball Path" though...

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2022/12/08

Mark Clement is a remodeling carpenter, deck builder,editor, journalist, author of The Carpenter's Notebook, and Youtube star with myfixituplife.com. We discuss everything under the sun, leaving out only a quotation neither of us could remember, or look up while we were talking. "Hours spent by the true craftsman bringing out the grain, which has long been imprisoned in the trunk of the tree, is an act of creation in itself. He passes his hand over the satiny texture and finds God within." - George

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00:12:56

Episode 4.1 Followup with Tim Sams and Mike Patterson

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2022/11/30

If it hurts, you're doing it wrong. Well, good advice for many things, but not about learning guitar (my fingers still ache). And if not painful, then difficult when doing it right? In this short episode, Tim and Mike take up the issue of the difficulty of learning a trade. To me, seeing it through and silencing the inner critical voice was as important to developing skill as cutting lines. I'm not saying I went critical to joyful, rather I went from critical and agency killing to one of wonder and

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01:36:10

Episode 5: Adam Simha and the Tools that Don't Betray Us

Hand Craftsmanship in the Digital Age ·

2022/11/30

Award winning designer and teacher based out of Cambridge, Massachusetts, Adam's interests encompass design, craft/small to medium scale fabrication, as well as industrial production of culinary knives and tools as well as modern homewares and furniture. In our interview, we touch on the perils of sound editing, both in this podcast, and in the improv comedy world; the joy in the learning process; Japanese knives; on learning something new late in life; on being attracted to work, and what makes

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01:04:44

Episode 4: Mike Patterson and "the little hands in...

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2022/11/27

Today we talk with Mike Patterson, a deeply accomplished residential contractor for over 25 years. We touch on the differences between building in your head and building with your hands, problem solving in general, the trades as opposed to art, the joys of getting lost in work, the joy of learning something new, and moments of finding life itself in a project.You'll also encounter Dunning Kruger, and the confidence of predicting results as an expert, on listening to the universe about what you're

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00:08:16

Episode 3.2 Follow Up on Tim Sams Interview and...

Hand Craftsmanship in the Digital Age ·

2022/11/15

Tim Sams sent an email with an additional idea or two that was well worth talking about, concerning the mindset we bring to our work.

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00:05:39

Episode 3.1: Why "In the Digital Age?"

Hand Craftsmanship in the Digital Age ·

2022/11/15

A short discussion of the title of the podcast, on an important point that didn't get addressed in the first episode. Nervously, I try to say what I'm looking for in the interviews, when, in fact, there is so much more. At least this bit is blessedly short. And there is, again, no nudity.

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01:14:09

Episode 3: Tim Sams, marketing simulations, carpenty,...

Hand Craftsmanship in the Digital Age ·

2022/11/15

Tim Sams -- a multi-talented, multi-career fellow who knows the white collar world as a magazine publisher, a marketing director, and an editor at Fine Woodworking magazine, and the blue collar world as a carpenter. We discuss his insights from the many hats he has worn.

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01:04:30

Episode 2: Tim Hochstetter and Competitve Crafts in 2022

Hand Craftsmanship in the Digital Age ·

2022/11/09

Tim Hochstetter is a maker extraordinaire, having spent his life working with a wide range of media, from blown glass, to metals and resins. Our conversation covers his thoughts on the economic difficulties of working as a solo artist, and the kinds of work he would never do. And other things, but I forget what else. This podcast contains no nudity.

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00:03:56

Welcome to Hand Craftsmanship in the Digital Age

Hand Craftsmanship in the Digital Age ·

2022/11/07

Welcome to Hand Craftsmanship in the Digital Age! I am Strother Purdy (my woodworking is here: www.belovedoldtree.com and my short essays on every imaginable topic are here: mondaugenslaw.blogs.com). I will be your host in a series of interviews with people who thoughtfully work with their hands, and some who don't. The first episode introduces just a little bit why. What if there was a particular kind of work that could be satisfying in every way? Does it exist, and if so, what goes into it to

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