The Art of Woodworking and Carving in early American Homes. Its crazy their amazing work...
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- čas přidán 3. 09. 2021
- An overview of what woodworking was like in America's pre-industrial period. It's amazing all the work they were able to accomplish with crude tools and no electricity. This talk includes carving and how things were made beautiful in the past. The woodwork in the Georgian and Federal era along with 2 different ways to ornament mantles, doorways, and stairs.
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Great job presenting the past Brent! We barely hold a candle to these masters. Thanks for bringing this out to regular guys.
My pleasure and I agree, there is a lot to learn from the past.
Thank you again for your continuing education series.
My pleasure! Thanks for watching.
From what I’ve read sawmills were very important to the local economy. There was usually a general store attached to them. People would trade their goods for lumber and then the goods would be sold at the store.
Nice, I didn't know that. Thanks
Hmm need to bring this back lol
Loved it .
Thanks so much!
Thanks for sharing
Thanks for watching!
I would soooo love to attend a brent class one day..😎
Next one is Sept 16th. Come join us.
When I go into a house that was born in the early 1900's or earlier my go-to is Portsmouth Lumber in Virginia not the box stores. That old shop you showed I have been in ( similar ) twice and only worked the tools once and it was a blessing of history that I felt. I feel the old ways are the best and stand true after all this time. Thank you for sharing
I agree, the past is great teacher. There is so much we have forgotten. I think understanding the past makes us better craftsmen and builders today.
I would love to have lunch with this guy and talk for an hour or two, and by talk I mean sit there in awe jaw dropped while he does all the talking....... Lol 😂😶😶😳
LOL, thanks. Come to our next B&B. May 19th.
another great video, thank you
Glad you enjoyed it!! Thanks for watching.
Great presentation. When did they start using more plaster moldings? I'm guessing it was probably cheaper. Nothing beats hand carved tho.
Good question! It was really a change of taste. When Robert Adam presented his new styles, the decoration was more suited to small dainty repeatable designs. This was made more practical with composition and plaster moldings. It was not just a cost issue but a desire to be stylish. As M. Bryan points out, there were a few catalogs of new moldings available in America in the 1790's.
The Adamesque period in England started around 1760 after Robert returned from his Grand Tour. The American Federal period (our Adamesque) started after the revolutionary war in 1780. It doesn't really pick up steam and substance until 1790. Craftsmen began to put aside their Georgian tools for Federal tools over a generation. It was not abrupt. Thanks for watching and commenting.
Funny about Williamsburg
I usually go there in the evening for my dealy walk a few times every month
You are a very lucky man!
Would love to join and learn...
Greek Revival talk is next week. Come join us.
I'm curious if there is survivorship bias when looking at older homes. Only the most expensive and well built homes typically survive after such a long period of time. As a result only well made products remain and all the inexpensive poorly built houses of the era were destroyed. Not to say we can't learn things but to say they built better back than compared to today might not be true for example some of the new houses I've seen showcased on this channel I can imagine lasting 100 + years but the cheap tract homes probably not so what would that look like yo someone in 100 years
I actually think that is a great point. I've thought the same thing about many different eras. I think it requires greater scrutiny, however I would counter that the quality homes built in the past have higher levels of craftsmanship than the same class of homes built today. Same is true for the simple and inexpensive homes. Though housing has changed, for example, the rise of the middle class, we aren't as skilled as we used to be. Thanks for your comment.