Woodworking
Wood Working
Wood, it is said, is the material most like humans.
There is something about working with wood–as a living material–a material that still changes, adapts, responds to weather, even once it has been cut, that makes it unique. There is also the astonishing beauty of wood, as a living material, that bears evidence of the life of the tree from which it came. Woodworking can be approached as a meditation in motion, an opportunity to work with ones hands in intimacy with a malleable material, to shape it precisely, and to work with its particular nature. In this video, we explore some of the practice of working with wood restoratively.
Related Practices:
Related to other things you might do with wood, such a Build a Shelter. And to where wood comes from: Befriend a Tree. Prune Your Trees. Related to other types of making art with natural materials, such as Nature Faces, glassblowing, Sculpt. Related to other ways of using your hands: Use Your Hands.Video: Distill | Photography: Stein Egil Liland | Licensed from Pexels.com, used with permission.