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Recent action at the shop…
I continue to be impressed by the ingenuity, creativity and curiosity that walks into the shop. Here’s Liz L, showing off her well-executed butcher-block kitchen counter top. She got a great antique...
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Shop Improvements: A corner, a reprieve and a bear
As more and more folks are making use of the shop, we’re continuing to find ways to improve our space and tools. Here’s the latest: 1) A new “Turner’s Corner”. Unlike most tools in the shop, which...
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A life of its own
At a certain point, after you’ve put mounds of passion and time into a thing, it begins to take on a life of its own. Especially when there is a potpourri of dynamic (often quirky) people involved....
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With the new year, it seems the shop is entering a new phase of maturity. With no less than 8 folks utilizing the shop to grow their own furniture design/make companies, numerous general public...
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An Academic Curriculem through Making?
In the midst of sawdust and on breaks from cutting and shaping, some pretty gnarly conversations spring up at Soulcraft. You never know where they could go. Sometimes, you find John Dewey with a chisel...
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We’re Teachers Here. But It’s Our Soulcraft, Too
Since its inception, Jim and I have considered Soulcraft to be more than a woodworking shop or a “makers space.” Indeed, our very name was a testament to the somewhat romantic yet sincere desire to...
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Incremental. Its Visceral.
“We follow a path of discovery, strung like pearls on a thread of curiosity, lending richness to our work.” – James Krenov When you’re in the weeds of a designing and building a piece of furniture –...
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The Thinner It Gets, The Thinner It Gets
We had the Cohort of Educators in the woodshop this morning. That’s 8 educators (Sean, Karen, Julie, Christy, Morgan, Jeremy, Tom, Vicki), each working on their own furniture-build. Two other...
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Little Hands, Big Projects! (New Classes)
Kids and parents welcome to join us for a new series of classes!
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Designing a Collaborative
We opened our doors 4 years ago this summer. It’s been fits and starts. It’s been bootstrapped and scrappy. But it’s been phenomenal. We’re proud of the businesses that have moved OUT and into...
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A Petri Dish
This is the next installation of our series on designing a “Creative Collaborative” with a number of partners in our new building on Hamilton Avenue. The first installation is here. As the early...
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