ARTS 390

Special Topics:  Woodworking

Assignments

Readings & Research

NOTE:  There are also links on each assignment sheet

Green Wood Introduction, Forest Woodworker, Sjors van der Meer and Job Suijker

Spatula, Forest Woodworker, Sjors van der Meer and Job Suijker

How to use a Jointer, Woodworkers Guild of America

How to Mill Lumber, Fine Woodworking

Tage Frid Teaches Woodworking, Chapter 2:  Wood & Designing With Wood

Tage Frid Teaches Woodworking, Chapter 5:  Carcase Joinery

Tage Frid Teaches Woodworking, Chapter 8:  Frame Joinery

Tage Frid:  Dovetails

Chris Becksvoort:  Favorite Dovetail Tricks, Fine Woodworking


Making Things Move / Mechanics

Amazing Site with animations of mechanical movements  http://507movements.com

An engineers approach to mechanics with wood (has a gear template generator)  http://woodgears.ca

Mechanisms with paper.  Rob Ives.      www.robives.com/

Mechanism extravaganza:  www.mekanizmalar.com/index.html

Harmonograph:  Gavin Greenaway

Untitled, Richard Deacon, From:  https://arthur.io/art/richard-deacon/12

Artists & More


Rachel Beach.  http://www.rachelbeach.com/

Ben Butler.  www.benbutlerart.com/ 

​Wendell Castle.  www.wendellcastle.com/

Eduardo Chillida.  www.hauserwirth.com/stories/14348-eduardo-chillida-sculptor

Richard Deacon.  www.tate.org.uk/art/artists/richard-deacon-986

Tracy Featherstone.  www.tracyfeatherstone.com/

John Grade.  Amazing large-scale project.  https://vimeo.com/117766008

Barbara Hepworth.  https://www.tate.org.uk/whats-on/tate-britain/exhibition/barbara-hepworth-sculpture-modern-world

Robyn Horn.  https://www.robynhorn.com/

Ishitani Furniture.  Check out all of his YouTube videos.  https://tecori.com/

Christopher Kurtz. https://christopherkurtz.net/

Lost Art Press.  Interesting blog, good info on hand tool maintenance.  blog.lostartpress.com

Mangle.  http://www.magnanmetz.com/artists/mangle

Louise Nevelson. https://www.pacegallery.com/artists/louise-nevelson/

Katie Pell.  katiepellart.com/index.html

Giuseppe Penone.  https://gagosian.com/artists/giuseppe-penone/

Caprice Pierucci.  https://capricepierucci.com/index.html

Martin Puryear.  art21.org/artist/martin-puryear/

Courtney Smith.  http://courtneysmith.info/

Alison Elizabeth Taylor.  https://alisonelizabethtaylor.com/

Travis Townsend.  travistownsendart.com/home.html

Shigeo Toya.  shugoarts.com/en/artist/166/

Jason Tanner Young.  jasontanneryoung.com/

Ursula von Rydingsvard.  Art 21 Segment

Julian Watts.  http://www.julianwattsstudio.com/