This is part of a blog series which reveals the table of contents of upcoming Issue Seven. As always, we’ll be discussing one article per weekday in order to give you a taste of what is come.
Please note that the subscription window which includes Issue Seven is open now until Sep 24th.
A NEW CHANGE: WRAPPING FOR SUBSCRIPTIONS ONLY
From now on, we will be wrapping magazines (brown paper, wax-sealed trade card, and pine shaving) for subscriptions only, not individually purchased copiesof the magazine. This is an effort to simplify things a bit around here. Individual copies can be ordered after the subscriptions ship on September 30th, but if you really do love that wax seal, brown paper, and pine wood shaving, be sure to get a subscription now.
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What is #thenewwoodculture? Is it a group of tattooed, barefoot spoon carvers who meet once a week to put knife to blank? A trendy movement among young urban professionals who vow to use only wooden tableware? A fanatical revolution of green-woodworking, hand-tool disciples? Or simply a social-media hashtag applied to a photo of a machine-manufactured spoon for sale? In Issue Seven of M&T, author Jarrod Dahl, himself an accomplished green woodworker, bowl turner, and carver, seeks after the core values that define this movement.
While the kernel of the idea arose at Spoonfest in England, Dahl explores numerous aspects of traditional wood culture, from Sweden to Japan, in an effort to lay the foundations for the current explosion. He discusses the idealism that pervades many facets of the trend, while articulating the pragmatic decisions that production carvers must consider as they seek to make a living from their work. Through all this shines clearly the great joy and satisfaction that all participants in the movement find in shaping wood, that most versatile of natural materials.
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