Ben Jeffares on Philosophy, Craft and Making.

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Craft Posts

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 steel. People could also just do the knife making without Read more…

By benjeffares, 9 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 soundtrack for their premises? And its not like a lot Read more…

By benjeffares, 9 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 it might be better if we did a single design Read more…

By benjeffares, 11 yearsSeptember 18, 2014 ago

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