Evolution #2: Making "new things"
As a woodturner, I have seen my work go from about being about to about being more complex. I don’t quite know what happened to make that change, but I just simply lost the interest (for now) in making simple things. I found it pretty funny, since I began turning for the exact opposite reason. I could go to the lathe and make something that was pretty nice (by my standards at that time) in an hour. I had started in woodworking via the traditional means of making furniture and boxes, and I was frustrated that you had all of these things you needed (tools, wood, finish) to be “just so” or the finished product would be less than perfect. As a frugal person, spending...
