Woodwork Magazine

[Heather Thompson]

I know many of us on this forum were big fans of "Woodwork" magazine, at this time it is only published once per year, good news it is on the stands now. My message therapist will be very happy as I almost broke my neck when I caught the cover out of the corner of my eye, this issue also includes a disk with 15 stories. I really hope this magazine comes back full strength, the best of the best!

Heather:D

PS Can you tell I am a fan!!!!

[Ben Abate]

Hi Heather,
I used to purchase the mag on regular basis when it first came out and eventually had a subscription for a few years. I believe I have about 50 plus copies of it and possibly as many as 65 or so. How many issues are there? I know I'm missing the first 3 or 4 but have the rest up to what ever number I have . I'm just curious how many issues there are. I'll have to find this latest issue. I used to really enjoy it, then the content changed. My opinion, they went a bit too over the top towards art and not woodworking. I don't mean this negatively but it lost guys like myself that were interested in woodworking more so than studio or gallary art. Early on they were cutting edge sort of projects that you weren't getting in Fine Woodworking. Just an opinion. It was a nicely layed out magizine, nicely printed and well done photos on quality paper. They were keepers, you look at any of the magizines now and the paper quality is not there. American woodworker years ago was another magizine that was a quality publication. It had black and white photos, the size of the magizine was larger than most, just a great magizine and then they went main stream like the others.

thank you
Ben

[Heather Thompson]

Ben,

I found the magazine in '03, it spoke more to the creative side of woodworking than the average project stuff, what inspired the artists and craftsmen/women is what drew me in. In '05 I had the pleasure of attending a six week course mainly focused on handtool use, the man that had the bench next to me was a hugh fan of Woodwork, (he was a retired executive) and we would sit at lunch pouring over his old copies of Woodwork porn.

For 25 years I worked in telecom, played with ones and zeros everyday and could never see any real beauty in my work at the end of the day, yes I made real good money but I did not make anything real.

I think that all aspects of woodworking are important, it makes people look at themselves as people, helps them expand as individuals, grow into their own artists. I do not care if people are building basic pieces or high end art, they are building themselves, I think this is the focus of what Woodwork is all about.

Heather

[Bill ThompsonNM]

Thanks for the announcement Heather, I'll have to look for it. Like you, I found it very engaging over the years. Better perhaps in the earlier tears but always filling a niche not filled by the other woodworking magazines.

[Mike Wilkins]

Another fan here of the Woodwork magazine. I also did a 'its about time' double-take yesterday when I went to the local B & N. I agree it speaks more to the why than the how of woodworking, but its nice to get another perspective on this craft of ours. And the Gallery sections have become some real eye candy over the years. Really something to reach for in terms of quality of workmanship (or workwomanship).

[Ron Conlon]

Thanks Heather- This was my favorite mag. I appreciated the artistic point of view that it took over the standard tool reviews/how to make an M&T joint presented in most of the other mags.