Woodworking 101 is (the name of a Hammerstone class that recently ended, and) a fitting title for this blog post, because I want to talk about the difference between carpentry and woodworking. There is no one way to delineate between these two – very similar – categories. It’s generally about precision: woodworking is often based on […]
From the Intern’s Desk: Craftsmanship, Gender Bias, and Different Words
“Craftsmanship” is an interesting word. The suffix “-manship” (sportsmanship, showmanship, penmanship, etc) denotes exceptional skill. These attributes are given to good sportsmen, showmen, and penmen. (I did not know that last one was a word until just now.) But what do you call a good sportswoman, showwoman, or penwoman? (Note: the latter two are not […]
From the Intern’s Desk: Rosie the Riveter
Rosie the Riveter is perhaps the most iconic of American tradeswomen. Did you know that she was originally painted by Norman Rockwell and had a pretty different appearance? The recognizable image of a woman flexing against a yellow background was actually published a year earlier, but was adopted in the 1980s by second-wave feminists because of copyright […]
Summer Blog Series: From the Intern’s Desk
Hello! Let me introduce myself: my name is Eliza and I’m the Hammerstone summer assistant. By assistant, I mean intern/photographer/web administrator/gardener/social media guru/graphic designer/errand runner/kitten wrangler/anything and everything else-er. I will be posting on this blog roughly once a week until the end of the summer. I hope that this will be both a little window […]
Thanks for helping support the Hard Hatted Woman Kickstarter campaign
A few weeks ago we put out a call to Hammerstone School fans to help support the crowd funding campaign of a like-minded business. And you folks really stepped up! Hammerstone School aggregated over $1000 to go towards the continued filming of the movie Hard Hatted Woman. That means you generously pledged to the campaign on Hammerstone’s […]
Help Hammerstone Support “Hard Hatted Woman,” the Film!
A few months back, we heard about Lorien Barlow and her documentary film about women in the trades. A week ago, her Kickstarter campaign to fund the final stages of production showed up in our Facebook news feed. After watching the trailer, we contributed, but were wondering how we could help more. A conversation with Lorien yesterday sealed the […]
What is Timber Framing and why learn it?
What is Timber Framing? Timber Framing is a traditional method of building houses using large timbers (posts and beams) held together with hand-cut joinery to create the structure of the house. It has a long history in both Europe and America, but fell out of favor as virgin forests declined and standardized methods of building […]