100 Issue

One hundred issues over 25 years of production is cause for reflection and that means making judgements and comparisons. But how to summarise? Thinking back brought me to reflect on how the local scene has changed, and changed again. Here’s a potted history.

In the beginning…

Along with hippies and the counterculture the 60s and 70s brought us the First Great Craft Revival, a rejection of the mass produced. There was macramé, handspun and hand woven, there were slabs of earthenware, slabs of wood and the zen of making. We used wood like there was no tomorrow…and yes it was fun. Beards were in, but haircuts were long.

Self learning and beyond

Without formal avenues of learning the woodworking fraternity continued on