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My Name is Richard Hawkins. The Wood Bee Workshop is a small woodworking workshop. I enjoy making jewellery boxes, but have and will make other things.
I am not taking any comissions at the moment as I want to work on a range of boxes.
Feel free to contact me either by leaving a comment or by email: thewoodbeeworkshop@gmail.com
Please enjoy the site
I am not taking any comissions at the moment as I want to work on a range of boxes.
Feel free to contact me either by leaving a comment or by email: thewoodbeeworkshop@gmail.com
Please enjoy the site
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6 comments:
You do beautiful work. Let me know how I can spur you on.
Get the whip out!!
Actualy I'm getting there slowly!
Does the workshop name work for you. I spent ages trying to find a name. I love word plays and I like the way it sounds kind of humble, in both as it is and as "The wouldbe workshop!" I was really pleased with it. A few people at the exhibition said, "Do you realise that sounds like "The wouldbe workshop" snigger, snigger! Philistines, they didn't buy anything anyway!
Americans are supposed to have a "winning is everything" attitude, rather than the British "well he tried" attitude! I wondered whether the name comes across as a bit defeatist from your point of view?
I like the name alot. It would (wood) go over well in America. Especially for a small operation. The name may not work on Wall Street, but we like routing for the underdog, and enjoy complaining about big business. Least, I do.
or is that "rooting". no, that doesn't seem right either. Cheering. Use cheering
Something that sometimes help me get moving on a painting or a poem is to have someone in mind when I'm making it. It becomes inspired by that person, even if they're never going to see. Sometimes I'll write the dedication on the back of the canvas. Other times, they never know it. I've written so many poems for people - they have no idea! And every now and then I end up giving it to the person, if the circumstances and such fall into place.
Just an idea.
It's funny you should say that. When I first started trying to write, about 13 years ago, I always had my worst critic in my head, Ususally my father in law! he was a stickler for correctness! It was kind of ok because I invented words to call him, and he enjoyed the creative banter. But when I was writing, especially theology, there would always be someone in my head arguming with me.
Most would see that as a good thing, but it meant I never wrote anything. Then one day I met a friend's mum, she was really lovely and so easy to talk to. I then focussed on explaining things to her, in my imagination, and it was a lot easier.
It is one thing to make sure you are right, but what is right. I think it is good to sharpen your argument, but let's say I'm talking about my faith to a really nice person, what flows in conversation is what is right for us, it wouldn't be the right arguments for someone else, so it is helpful and less thawting to have someone nice in mind.
However, I have never done that with woodwork! I tend to think of the person I am making it for. If I think the gratitude wont be that great then it does slow me down.
I also have the artistic problem of not hitting what I'm aiming at, I get disapointed that I could do what I wanted to do, even though when people see the finished piece they like it and assume that was always what it was meant to be. They see success I only see the failure! In this batch of boxes I made a mistake. and have gone with it, I used to say that art is the manipulation of mistakes! The box looks fine but it wasn't what I was aiming at! That is a hard voice to quieten!
I did stop listening to secular radio in my workshop and start listening to Christian CDs, however, I have listened to them to death, and they aren't that mentaly stimulating. I think I will have to go back to radio. There is no point listening to bible studies because when I put a machine on I can't hear them!
I will try and think of nice people who will be impressed anyway! That should help! Thanks!
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