Unlocking the Secrets of Traditional Design with George Walker.
Lie-Nielsen Toolworks, Inc, 2009.
$25.00 68 minutes
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Unlocking the Secrets of Traditional Design is a DVD broken into 4 sections: Introduction, Training the Eye, Proportions, and Practical Use of Traditional Design. The DVD demonstrates how to use classical architectural proportions when designing contemporary or period furniture. George Walker has been woodworking for more than 25 years and during this time has discovered how early American cabinetmakers created their stunning designs and he shares this knowledge with the viewer.
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I have recommended this contest with a Thumbs Up! Having struggled with some original "clunky" pieces I could use the help!
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Give the importance of understanding design and developing an "eye" for design, this sounds like it will be a very useful instructional aid.
I just saw this dvd on the LN websites and it looks very interesting. Please enter me in the drawing.
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I will take shot at it. I am always looking to expand my library.
Lie Nielsen videos rock, I want this one!
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All hail classic design! I hope that Phi and Mr. Fibonacci are explained and utilized. Put me in for this, please.
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This book would be a great asset to ones woodworking library.
Looks like an excellent source of knowledge.
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Please put me in. It is a great idea this contest! I'll love to add this material to my Tauton section.
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Looks like a great book, revealing the "secrets" of good design.
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count me in I would love to have a DVD on design!
It would be nice to be able to build something of one's own design, as opposed from someone else's plans all the time.
JYA, the journeyman requires the apprentice to copy what the journeyman does over and over again because it teaches the apprentice patience - a virtue usually lacking among apprentices - and because it is the best way to pass the journeyman's wisdom on to the next generation. As for the apprentice, he soon learns that he can have no better place to learn craft than at the side of a master. And indeed, for the apprentice, the first step toward originality is to copy the work of a master- and to hear the master say: No! No! You must do it this way, my way! For it is only if we understand the wisdom of the master that we can come to have a little wisdom of our own; indeed, if we are to become masters at all, it can be only because we possess so intimate a knowledge of that wisdom as to be able to re-create the work that sprang from it. In this way also do we find it possible to hear the conversation of the masters who went before us - I mean the "conversation" that we hear in their works. I am at age 64 a mere apprentice. God grant me time to become a journeyman.
I'm retired from a career in Information Technology where I always logic to my work. Now I wish to develop my artistic side with designs in wood; but where does on learn how to do that? Can it be taught or must I have the DNA for it? Perhaps this DVD is a first step?
I'd love to get a copy of this DVD. If it comes from Lie-Nielsen I know it's a quality product.
Thanks, Dan C.
Walker surely will enhance my ever growing desire to improve my desiging attempts. Giveaways can be inspirational and I suspect this one will fill that role.
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This DVD looks like it would be a really good asset in helping me to develop a greater understanding of proportions and applying this knowledge to future projects. Thanks for the opportunity.
Sounds like a deal.
I must be missing something...The numerous comments on the book and what I see is a must have DVD. Any day of learning is a great day!
I have gone through many afternoons sitting in Half Price Books reading about different solutions to problems. This book would really help. Thanks for helping all of us become better woodworkers.
This looks interesting
This one would be a nice addition to my library.
A great addition to a small library seeking books for company...
I would think this DVD would improve anyone's woodworking skillset - just as all the videos here at the FWW website do.
One of the main reasons I signed up for full FWW site access is the videos - plus access to all the past great articles.
While that is a 'library in itself' - additional DVDs are always welcome!
Woodworking is easy, designing with the right proportions much more difficult!
Me too!
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Interesting
Good deal, it is always good to be able to learn from the past and use that knowledge so as not to reinvent the wheel. I look forward to being able to use the subject matter to further woodworking.
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