http://www.deepcraft.org/deep Ethos of Making Tue, 09 Mar 2010 03:05:25 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I’ve always liked to use chalk when roughing things out on wood. Lately I’ve taken to scouring the beaches during negative low tides in search of seashells for making my marks. The Pacific Razor Clam is ideal, softer than the East Coast equivalent, but hard enough to make a clean ... http://www.deepcraft.org/deep/archives/2434 I can relate to the work style of a 1930's American cabinet shop (public domain) After over a year of design development with the architect and client, selecting logs of deodar cedar and having them custom milled and cured to outfit the interior of a new guest house down the coast, ... http://www.deepcraft.org/deep/archives/2418 Greenwood: Selective Harvesting Preserves Forests Though I've built just one boat to date, I've been an avid reader of WoodenBoat magazine for over 25 years. The publication is a major torch-bearer for the practice of traditional boat-building, and a treasure trove of primary source knowledge for all things wood. My favorite ... http://www.deepcraft.org/deep/archives/2409 surfer/shaper Andy Lambrecht takes a break in Sayulita I met surfboard maker Andy Lambrecht on our last day in Sayulita, Mexico. I noticed his handmade  wooden board by the beached fishing boats as we were packing up and getting ready to catch a bus back to Puerto Vallarta. Based in British ... http://www.deepcraft.org/deep/archives/2397 the surfboard originated in Hawaii, where local woods were shaped for specific waves I've body-surfed all my life and have a natural feel for wave mechanics, but I'm finally getting ready to learn to surf on a board. Being a 'wood guy' with access to local mills and several decent breaks ... http://www.deepcraft.org/deep/archives/2383 Sayulita, Nayarit, Mexico Spending time in Sayulita always restores my faith in humanity. For whatever combination of reasons- its remoteness through jungle along the Pacific Coast, cut-off from major roads until relatively recently; its consistently overhead, left/right break; its laid back balance of bohemian surf culture and traditional fishing village- everyone ... http://www.deepcraft.org/deep/archives/2370 action at Mavericks portends the arrival of spring to the N. Pacific (public domain) In West Sonoma County, early signs of spring are typically in sync with the arrival of a huge south swell, epitomized by the epic surf at Mavericks, about 100 miles down the coast. With more daylight and ... http://www.deepcraft.org/deep/archives/2359 a simple bench made of packing crates reinforces the charming illusion of Chinatown Part of the allure of San Francisco's Chinatown is that it was conceived as, and remains a study in authentic inauthenticity. Despite the fact that China has emerged as a global economic power, people from all over the ... http://www.deepcraft.org/deep/archives/2341 the Greens management team loved my prototype Greens Chair Like the Golden Gate Bridge that looms across the Bay from San Francisco's historic Fort Mason Center, Greens Restaurant is a Bay Area icon. With close ties to the San Francisco Zen Center, the restaurant has embodied an ethos of attentive living ... http://www.deepcraft.org/deep/archives/2333 Giant roots of mysterious origin have been washing ashore along the Sonoma Coast Like B Movie aliens readying for invasion, a mysterious crop of giant 'beach tubers' have blown ashore after the last string of storms and unusually high tides. I'm tempted to plant one to see what grows, but have ... http://www.deepcraft.org/deep/archives/2325