Ben Jeffares on Philosophy, Craft and Making.

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Craft Knife-making

Knife Making: Making a billet

The knife making course I did was through the Learning Connexion, which is a private art school based in Upper Hutt. I ended up doing two courses; the first was three days making a piece of “Damascus Steel”, the second was three days making a knife, using the piece of Read more…

By benjeffares, 10 yearsAugust 28, 2016 ago
Misanthropy

Can you turn that down please?

Why is it that retailers, bars, and even swimming pools, seem to demand a soundtrack? It seems to be a feature of our built, urban environments that spaces have music. Constantly. Why? Why has this happened? Why have we got to the point where almost all retailers insist on a Read more…

By benjeffares, 10 yearsMay 5, 2016 ago
Craft Glass

The thing about glass…

This is the first window Jo and I made. It’s been a while but I’ve finally added some pictures. Originally we were going to do two designs; one upper or lower half each. We even went so far as to but the coloured glass. However it soon became apparent that Read more…

By benjeffares, 12 yearsSeptember 18, 2014 ago

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