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In the 21st century, we are so used to using, consuming and interacting with fully digital products that we can very quickly forget that there are incredible things humans are doing by hand. One age-old example is carpentry, where skilled and passionate people make fascinating art or wonderful furniture from nothing more than wood.
We’ve gathered some cool and creative examples of woodworking projects from across the internet. So get comfortable as you scroll through, upvote your favorites and be sure to share your thoughts in the comments section below.
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The Phantom Stranger 1 year ago
I would love this as a bookshelf, but I'm sure my cats would treat it as a switchback staircase.
Woodworking has a long and storied history, most likely going back as far as human material creation itself. After all, wood can be worked, to some extent, without metal tools, it’s pretty abundant and is, in so many ways, just a very practical material to work with.
Indeed, early humans and Neanderthals' were quite proficient at using simple flint tools to work wood into whatever they wanted. However, unlike many other materials, wood tends to not last nearly as long, so much of it has not been preserved. Fortunately, the ancient Egyptians not only wrote things down, but buried their furniture and depicted it in drawings.
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Shark bait hoo haha 1 year ago
I would love to have a yard big enough to have one of these. So pretty
This is a key way we can see that even thousands and thousands of years ago, we were already using all sorts of wooden furniture, from beds to chests, chairs and tables. Once humanity entered the bronze age, woodworking became so much easier, as metal tools make short work of most lumber.
Nowadays, cheaper, mass produced materials make up most of the things we use on an average day. The result is that often, real, handmade wooden items start to feel like luxury. After all, hardwood floors are often a selling point even though the rich of the past would have used stone and tiles.
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Judy Reynolds 1 year ago
I love the contrast between the straight lines humans have forced onto the world, and the organic flow of nature!
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The Phantom Stranger 1 year ago
I have several carved eagles similar to this, but nothing this large. (Hard to tell; no banana for scale!)
Modern trade networks also allow us to access more unique and interesting woodworking items than our ancestors. After all, in the past, the items you could buy (or make, if you were so inclined,) would be limited by the materials available to you. Getting exotic hardwoods imported would be a clear sign of riches.
In case you were wondering, we call hardwoods “hard” because they come from trees with a more condensed structure. In other words, they are quite literally harder. This tends to also mean they take a lot longer to grow, which in turn makes it more expensive. That being said, there are some exceptions.
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Yew, for example, is classified as a softwood despite actually being harder than American cherrywood. Some softwoods can be treated so as to make them resistant to the elements. Indeed, if the item is going to sit in a cool dry room for most of its use, there is nothing wrong with using some softwoods.
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Shark bait hoo haha 1 year ago
For some reason this is presenting like it's in a mobile home or a pre-built home. Love it either way!
So if you are looking for some home improvements, wood is generally a very good choice. It tends to be quite strong compared to its weight, it's durable and not nearly as brittle as other things. Wood can break, but it’s unlikely to shatter the way glass or ceramics might.
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The Phantom Stranger 1 year ago
I know it's supposed be a billy goat, but the face kind of gives me Shawn the Sheep vibes. Clever and cute either way.
Woodworking looks good and tends to last a long time unless you truly mistreat it. After all, a lot of the “vintage” furniture you can find in shops or receive as part of an inheritance will be made from wood. This might be a good investment if you are willing to pay a bit more for quality work. Handmade items are, in the long run, worth even more.
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The Phantom Stranger 1 year ago
Floating television! Cool, but where are the cords? Do they feed down inside the wall? We need some details, BP!
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The Phantom Stranger 1 year ago
I wish I had enough wall space in my house for shelves like this.
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Sunny Johnson 1 year ago
The whole weight of whoever sits in the chair is held up by that one single leg? Clever, but unsafe, I would think.
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The Phantom Stranger 1 year ago
Beautiful, but gas grills and wooden walls in close proximity don't always work out well. Speaking for a friend...
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The Phantom Stranger 1 year ago
Is this just decorative, or does the pump handle actually do something? Kinda cool either way.
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The Phantom Stranger 1 year ago
Does the crank wheel do something, or is it purely decorative? We need more description on some of these pieces!
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The Phantom Stranger 1 year ago
At first I thought the heart was a roast beef... Now I'm hungry for roast beef...
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The Phantom Stranger 1 year ago
Not sure I'd call this woodworking, but I'm very impressed with those chains. Even when I blow up the photo as large as my phone will allow, those welds are barely visible.
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The Phantom Stranger 1 year ago
This is a cool post-industrial look (and points for upcycling!) but I'm not sure turning shipping pallets into a staircase qualifies as "woodworking" in this context.
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Mark Serbian, PK&RG,W 1 year ago
This is pretty neat! But ... How do they deal with rotting wood?
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The Phantom Stranger 1 year ago (edited)
Clever reuse of an oil drum, especially if there's storage inside the barrel. I'm assuming the arrows indicate that it's also a rocker.
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Shelly Graham 1 year ago
Absolutely Stunning, sleek and sexy, what kind of wood was used, or is it a veneer?
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Shelly Graham 1 year ago
I'm starting to get confused, is this woodworking done by an individual, architects or designers? I've seen this image posted in architectural lists!
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YakFactory 1 year ago
Hope there are no children in the house. Those rails make a "ladder" to tempt climbing - and falling!
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Shelly Graham 1 year ago
Beautiful, but you must have taken out a very large Life Insurance Policy on your spouse. Those stairs are like a Russian Spy.....Spectacularly Dangerous and Sexy as He🏒🏒
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The Phantom Stranger 1 year ago
First, this looks like CGI. Second, it looks uncomfortable as H*ll.
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XenoMurph 1 year ago
Some of these are more metal than wood, some look like they are bought at Ikea, and some look like AI.
The Phantom Stranger 1 year ago
Some of these are pretty amazing, but at least half of these appear to be furniture store pieces.
XenoMurph 1 year ago
Some of these are more metal than wood, some look like they are bought at Ikea, and some look like AI.
The Phantom Stranger 1 year ago
Some of these are pretty amazing, but at least half of these appear to be furniture store pieces.
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