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We found a sawmill rewards of creating something with their in the heart of our busy city. We did our own hands. Regardless the medium— best to dry the wood without it warping. wood, fabric, metal, clay, concrete, We flattened the wonky boards with a glass—designing, creating, and building homemade router jig and then flattened something yourself feels good. What if them again when they continued to this feeling didn’t only come from the warp. We called in favors to help plane end product, but came from the creation and sand the wood. We designed two and processing of the building material tables and finally got to work putting itself? A common trait of makers is the them together. ongoing and ever deepening appreciation Before we came along, the log was for the raw materials they are using. being cut up into chunks to be thrown As filmmakers and authors, we seek to piece by piece into a landfill. With this create pieces with intrinsic value from book, you will see pieces of art others the materials right through to the don’t see. What another person may finished product. view as a worthless dead tree, you will We have also come to discover this see an opportunity to make something joy of production working with raw great. It is a huge undertaking and, wood. One hot summer in Arizona, we honestly, we didn’t exactly know what came across a storm-downed tree in we were getting ourselves into. But someone’s front yard. This tree, in this when the sawdust settled, we had two moment, was begging to be something incredible works of art that tell a story of more. We managed to save the tree redemption and display the value of hard from the landfill and began a journey to work. That’s what The Art and Craft of fully transform it. In fact, we became Wood is all about. so inspired by this idea that we made a The hardest part of the process is documentary film about it. deciding to go for it. Large tree trunks CC 22 We had the two-ton (1,814 kg) log and even small limbs can be intimidating, 1 1 hauled off the driveway where it had and (not to discourage you . . . ) they of of oo rr PP 6 THE ART AND CRAFT OF WOOD ArtCraftWood_interiors_12111.indd 6 13/3/17 2:32 PM ArtCraftWood_interiors_12111.indd 6 JJoobb:: 1122111111 TTiittllee:: 222244559911AArrtt CCrraafftt WWoooodd ((RRoocckkppoorrtt))13/3/17 2:31 PM Text SSLLCC JJIIMMMMYY((LLCCHH)) PPaaggee::66 “ Being a maker is about doing things with intention. By focusing on possibilities, you can turn nature’s discards into beautiful works of art. ” CC 22 1 1 of of oo rr PP ArtCraftWood_interiors_12111.indd 7 13/3/17 2:32 PM ArtCraftWood_interiors_12111.indd 7 JJoobb:: 1122111111 TTiittllee:: 222244559911AArrtt CCrraafftt WWoooodd ((RRoocckkppoorrtt))13/3/17 2:31 PM Text SSLLCC JJIIMMMMYY((LLCCHH)) PPaaggee::77 “ Typically, urban lumber comes from near where people live. We aren’t talking about chopping down trees. ” take an enormous amount of work to Being a maker is about doing things lumber that is produced by individuals process. But why should it be easy? with intention. With hard work, you can from trees that wouldn’t normally be Being a maker is about doing things with turn trash into beautiful works of art. used as commercial lumber. Urban intention. Through some hard work and Even though the process can be lumber comes from near where people resourcefulness, you can turn a log into difficult and frustrating at times, it isn’t live. We aren’t talking about chopping a beautiful piece of furniture. It’s not the rocket science. Like anything else, there down trees just to use for lumber. These easy way to make furniture, but you’ll are manageable steps to getting started. are trees that have come down in a storm gain a sense of satisfaction from the You don’t have to choose the biggest or must be removed because they are labor of your hands, the skills you log. You don’t have to dive in with a dead, dying, or unwanted. learn, and the connections you make major project, but you do have to dive in Typically, when local trees are in the process. somewhere. This book addresses urban removed, they are chopped up by a lumber, which is a term encompassing tree removal company and never seen CC 22 1 1 of of oo rr PP 8 THE ART AND CRAFT OF WOOD ArtCraftWood_interiors_12111.indd 8 13/3/17 2:32 PM ArtCraftWood_interiors_12111.indd 8 JJoobb:: 1122111111 TTiittllee:: 222244559911AArrtt CCrraafftt WWoooodd ((RRoocckkppoorrtt))13/3/17 2:31 PM Text SSLLCC JJIIMMMMYY((LLCCHH)) PPaaggee::88