I joined here last spring but failed to close the loop of introducing myself...
I left marketing and advertising and design consulting in 2001 to work alone in my shop building custom cabinetry and furniture. With an interest initially of building a business, I quickly shifted that into an objective of simply satisfying myself each day. I'll confess to not achieving this objective 100% of the time but my success rate vastly exceeds my previous careers' rates.
Now, after ten years of doing this kind of work I'm shifting more to simple furniture pieces and less of the large wall units and built-ins. Big is just too cumbersome working alone and in a small shop.
I do a good deal of veneer work and have really enjoyed the rewards of laying up nice material that makes its own drama.
Much of my work I have photographed and the images are archived on my website...
http://www.jwbarclaywoodworking.com/
Looking forward to exchanges of information and ideas.
I left marketing and advertising and design consulting in 2001 to work alone in my shop building custom cabinetry and furniture. With an interest initially of building a business, I quickly shifted that into an objective of simply satisfying myself each day. I'll confess to not achieving this objective 100% of the time but my success rate vastly exceeds my previous careers' rates.
Now, after ten years of doing this kind of work I'm shifting more to simple furniture pieces and less of the large wall units and built-ins. Big is just too cumbersome working alone and in a small shop.
I do a good deal of veneer work and have really enjoyed the rewards of laying up nice material that makes its own drama.
Much of my work I have photographed and the images are archived on my website...
http://www.jwbarclaywoodworking.com/
Looking forward to exchanges of information and ideas.
