TurningCog

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This project is titled "We Are on the Edge" and "is a projection in a dystopian world where prepping becomes trendy and gets integrated in the design DNA of everyday life products," as Flahault says. "The jacket serves as an illustration of this prediction; a fashionable outfit suitable for everyday use but which also possess the features needed during a doomsday scenario."

Over the past 14 years of his professional career, Maxwell’s work has evolved into “larger and more complex” pieces, while still keeping a “clean and refined” look. He hopes to continue in a similar vein, incorporating wood into his work.

North Carolina’s most in-demand, pre-Civil War, master cabinetmaker Thomas Day had everything it took to be Southern royalty–land, money, education. Yet, Day was a black man. Born in a community of free African-Americans in southern Virginia, Day was able to achieve such fame that his customers created a double meaning for the term “daybed,” a convenient play on his name. His story is as striking as his unique creations, marked by his very own “Exuberant Style,” of which a collection of 39 exemplary works can be seen at the Renwick Gallery for its new show “Thomas Day: Master Craftsman and Free Man of Color.” Read more: http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/aroundthemall/2013/04/the-incredible-true-story-of-north-carolinas-most-prominent-antebellum-master-craftsman-freeman-thomas-day/#ixzz2jUHsLPoE 

I just acquired over 1 ton of wood from the neighborhood. winter projects abound.... 

From helping you find your way back to your campsite, to allowing you to find a missing widget under the bed, to providing illumination when the lights go out, to warding off a would-be attacker, there are few tools as handy and essential as the flashlight. 

i would rather see these people on our streets 

these are the prototype patents for one ofmy favorite wrenches The Eifel Flash Geared Plierench