This Crafted World

By: Harry T. Morris and Shane Orion Wiechnik
  • Summary

  • This Crafted World is a discussion between Harry T. Morris (furniture maker) and Shane Orion Wiechnik (furniture conservator) diving deep into craft, materials, and how understanding these things changes the way we work and see the world.
    Harry T. Morris and Shane Orion Wiechnik
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Episodes
  • Episode 13: Taking Time
    Aug 15 2021

    Harry and Shane are back for Season 2. Harry talks about finding a balance between what is work and what is hobby. They discuss the importance of sustainably managing work for money, work for fun, growth projects, hobby projects, and life outside of woodworking. They share their individual experiences about woodworking as work vs hobby.

    Shane has been getting ready for his year away, and Harry has been settling into his business.

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    50 mins
  • Episode 12: What I Talk About When I Talk About Craft
    May 2 2021

    The final episode of Season 1 revisits the question Harry and Shane had at the beginning about trying to define what it is in this field that they find so particularly important. Trying to step away from conversations of hand tools vs machine tools or pre-industrial vs post-industrial, Shane puts forth three aspects that for him define craft the way the he engages with and appreciates it. He and Harry discuss how craft is an intimate relationship between person and material, how it is a process that one improves at and masters through practice, and how a certain amount of risk is essentially part of the process. It's a big episode, and they cover a lot of topics that matter deeply to both of them.

    Shane has been working towards his journeyman year, and Harry has finally started doing woodwork in his new shop.

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    57 mins
  • Episode 11: Snobbery, Newness, and Art w/ Peter Spaulding
    Mar 29 2021

    Harry and Shane are joined by Designer/Maker Peter Spaulding (@Iwao_wood.and.art) who takes over pitching duty. The three discuss their complex feelings about river tables and snobbery in the field. Peter proposes a virtue of newness and discusses how his experience writing poetry has informed his approach to design. Shane is concerned when newness is over-valued. Harry finds it important to have reasons and purpose behind your work.

    Peter has been steaming objects and experimenting with copper dye. Shane has been struggling with colour and nitric acid. Harry is still moving into the new workshop and will be for some time.

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    1 hr and 3 mins

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