What is the beauty in carpentry?

The beauty in carpentry is right angles, the smell of sap, callouses. It is sawdust and wood shavings and the sensation of making something. It is the experience of knowledge come kinetically alive. It is awareness. It is subtle and subjective grain - art from the inside of a tree. read more

The beauty in carpentry is right angles, the smell of sap, callouses. It is sawdust and wood shavings and the sensation of making something. It is the experience of knowledge come kinetically alive. read more

Beauty alone is not art, but art can be made of, about or for beautiful things. Beauty can be found in a snowy mountain scene: art is the photograph of it shown to family, the oil interpretation of it hung in a gallery, or the music score recreating the scene in crotchets and quavers. read more