From Classical To Contemporary

October 5, 2020 by 4g3nd4

The theme for this month’s Five On The Fifth for the Famous Flickr Five was chosen by www.flickr.com/photos/ajhaysom/ “Something reminiscent of a favourite song, album, piece of music, band or artist”.
John Williams, an Australian Classical Guitarist, ‘blew me away’ when he formed ‘Sky’ and started playing electric guitar. Their version of Toccata is amazing! You can see it here www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cyg5l9ZPFag .
As a classical guitarist myself, this changed my guitar playing forever. As a high school student I couldn’t afford an electric guitar so made my first one in woodwork class, I still have it!

Posted by DaveSPN on 2018-06-05 04:13:26

Tagged: , Five On The Fifth , Famous Flickr Five+

Millennium Window, Rowington

September 14, 2020 by 4g3nd4

West window installed in 2000 and designed by Graeme Willson of York. Christ Is shown as Alpha & Omega and flanked by angels. The alternate columns of coloured and clear glass are most effective.

St Laurence’s at Rowington is an unusually shaped building with a central tower that appears to have been built partway into the nave, dividing it into two shorter segments either side of the ‘crossing’ and giving the it an odd ‘three chambered’ look. The interior is thus a little confusing, with nave aisles that are strangely short and narrow, whilst on the north side is a more generous aisle that extends from the tower to the east end of the chancel. Bodley did some renovation and redecoration here, but only a small patch of his stencilling remains in this aisle roof.

There is some old woodwork in the chancel screens but otherwise the glass is the main point of interest, with a window of 14th century fragments (mostly grisaille) and some good quality windows by Kempe, a late Arts & Crafts piece by Camm’s , and a striking west window done for the Millennium designed by Graeme Willson of York, some of the cartoons for which are displayed in the adjacent aisle.

The church is normally kept locked without keyholder information. For more see its entry on the Warwickshire Churches website below:-
warwickshirechurches.weebly.com/rowington—st-laurence.html

I am due to give a 40 minute guided walk around the church’s windows on the morning of Saturday 21st June.
www.passionatespirituality.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2014…

Posted by Aidan McRae Thomson on 2014-06-03 15:29:28

Tagged: , Rowington , church , Warwickshire , stained glass , window , contemporary , modern , Graeme Willson

IMG_3520 – Port Hadlock WA – Northwest School of Wooden Boatbuilding – Contemporary – student tool box

September 10, 2020 by 4g3nd4

A student work box in the McPherson Shop, where the Drascombe Longboat is being built for the Baja Mexico campus of the National Outdoor Leadership School (NOLS).

www.nwboatschool.org

The Northwest School of Wooden Boatbuilding is located in Port Hadlock WA and is an accredited, non-profit vocational school. You can find us on the web at www.nwboatschool.org .

Our mission is to teach and preserve the fine art of wooden boatbuilding and traditional maritime crafts.

We build both commissioned boats and speculative boats to sell. Our boats are built to US Coast Guard standards while we teach adult students the traditional wood and wood composite boatbuilding skills they will need to work in the marine trades.

We sell our boats to help support the School. Please feel free to give us a call should you like to discuss our building a boat for you.

You can reach us via e-mail at info@nwboatschool.org or by calling us at 360-385-4948.

Posted by Northwest School of Wooden Boatbuilding on 2014-03-05 09:58:13

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Port Hadlock WA – Boat School – Contemporary Program – Nutshell Pram construction

September 9, 2020 by 4g3nd4

The Joel White-designed Nutshell Pram is a popular plywood composite pram.

They’re an excellent project for our students as they can easily be built during the six month Contemporary Boatbuilding course taught annually from January through mid-June. We often build two at a time to give students more opportunities to learn the basics on these extremely capable small craft.

Prams have transoms on each end – the bow is usually a bit smaller than the stern transom. They’re workhorses, designed to carry a lot of weight back and forth to a boat from the pier. They’re designed to be easy to tow behind a sailboat, or to lift up and store on deck for longer passages. The Nutshell Pram succeeds admirably on all of these accounts.

The Nutshell Pram can be built as a rowing-only boat or equipped with a centerboard and spars so it can be sailed.

For more on Joel White, please see en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joel_White

WoodenBoat magazine is also a great source of information about Joel White, his life and designs. www.woodenboat.com

Joel White’s obituary, in the New York Times, provides an excellent overview of this talented designer. www.nytimes.com/1997/12/10/sports/joel-white-66-designer-…

The Northwest School of Wooden Boatbuilding is located in Port Hadlock WA, on the Olympic Peninsula, and is a private, accredited non-profit vocational school.

Our mission is to teach and preserve the fine art of wooden boatbuilding and traditional maritime crafts. We build boats both on commission and on speculation.

You may find us on the web at www.nwboatschool.org .

You can reach us via e-mail at info@nwboatschool.org or by calling us at 360-385-4948.

Posted by Northwest School of Wooden Boatbuilding on 2011-05-23 22:17:32

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