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I spent 5 years studying industrial design and traditional Swedish woodcrafts (sloyd). In the final months when I was doing my Journeymans test I had a handcarved greenwood bowl crack in the drying process. I said F it, drilled some holes in it and “sewed” it together with some stained old brass wire. That was the first piece I ever made that made me feel like I was doing what I was supposed to do. I love the “ugly”, the things that are intentionally messing with peoples perception of things, may it be about beauty or right or wrong or whatever. It makes me very happy to see this video. Hearing your though process is fun and engaging and this is probably my favorite piece you have made over the many years i’ve been following your work. Keep working that brain of yours, this normative world needs it! <3
Art and the process of making art is so amazing… we see art at museums we see art on the street. What is rarely seen is the process of creating the art. And in my opinion, the process is just as moving as the art piece in the end seeing the emotion the intention and the passion go into a piece is a wonderful thing.
Ugly is my new work bench. Mistakes (lots of them) were made. However, to intentionally make something ugly is avantgard.
This channel is much more than woodworking. I come here to learn, be inspired, feel that creative spark and to also relax. It is the manifestation of anyone can be creative and that repetition, tools and some thinking you may become a master maker.
I love everything about this and the amounts of quality content you are gifting the internets.
Thank you for all your hard work!!
❤️ thank you.
@@MakeSomething I subscribed to your channel because of the woodworking videos and I watched about half of them. You’ve changed and now I watch every one of them. I don’t know that I’m technically a great woodworker, but I know how to do what I want to do. I come here for the inspiration. Keep doing what you are doing and inspire us all. (Also, yes I listen to the podcast.)
Now that is a really skewed up way of looking at things! Well done David! 👍👍
I don’t understand why but at first I was like “I’m not sure this is going to work” then you purposely made the image offset and I instantly smiled – this is a brilliant lesson and exceptionally well told.
Thank you for inspiring and sharing.
Great video as always.
The first thing I thought of when you starting making a picture frame was to put whatever was to be in the frame askew…lo and behold that’s exactly what you did. I like it. It looks rustic and still functions as it should…to showcase and protect the work within 👍
The frame is a piece of art in it’s own right. Love it. 👍
“if you change the way you look at things, the things you look at change” – great quote. I applied it to weeds in the lawn and the backyard, I looked at them not as weeds but as species that were here for a reason…I needed to identify and learn about, and I learnt about soils and “bugs” linked to them…
“nice” project, love the idea, if I do one I definitely put some orange construction tape in it ^^
I did something like this years ago with DiResta’s “If it looks Straight it’s Straight” poster. There are so many people that hated it because it messed with their balance and perception, which just made me like it more. I think it’s important for us to challenge our ideals and perception of what is aesthetically pleasing, or what is the “ideal” form. — Your final result actual function metaphorically since it is breaking free of the norm. Love the vid
Ik its “ugly” but I love it!
nails from a pallet wood have added a nice touch. Great video as always Dave!👍🏻
David, great video! I’m one of those guys who is their own harshest critic when it comes to the pieces I build. This past weekend I delivered a custom piece, which for various reasons took me over two years to build. All I could see were the imperfections but the person I built it for loves it and couldn’t be happier. It’s gotten easier to accept the imperfections and short comings since I’ve adopted the Islamic idea that only God can achieve perfection, though we should strive to do the best we can there will always be a flaw and as soon as we can accept that idea imperfections aren’t that hard to accept.
As an overthinking, failed perfectionist, who believes that most of my projects are better off as ashtrays, I needed this video.
@4:06 coffee mug made me laugh out loud – haha – 🤣 Great video, too. Love it!
That picture frame is beautiful in its ugliness. This is literally thinking outside the box, and I love it.
the half hammered-in nails and the mismatched bottom edge is just cruel but it perfectly flows with the idea. Love/hate it, well done Sir.
Love the video and the Diresta shoutout. Also love the router buzz being in the same key as the background music.
I’ve literally been staring at a piece of art that I started on Sunday night, just stuck on how I wanted to finish it because the final step could be messed up. I appreciate that you said to stop looking at art like it needed to be perfect. My biggest worry is that I’d do something I regret and I’m actually going to enjoy the regret now. Haha. Especially because the project is on a Jo-Ann’s closeout mushroom plank and all the Golden Acrylic paints were half off so…why the heck not. What did I lose? $3 worth of materials?
The fact that one of those roofing nails wasn’t bent over at a 90° angle and hammered sideways seems like a missed opportunity. But this looks like so much fun.
My biggest critique is that I feel like when you were talking about this concept you said you weren’t going to make it bad, you were going to make it well made but ugly. And I liked that concept better than making it sloppy and imprecise. I’d love to see you tackle this again with that directive. I’ve seen things that I loathe visually but I respect their quality and engineering.