How many things can one plank of wood be?
Sometime late 2016, we ran one of our first woodworking workshops with Bram. A year on in he’s back from France, and set up Bram Woodcrafting Studio in Mysore. Happy to say we’ve collaboratively run some of our most awesome hands-on woodworking workshops with his team.
Two questions to get started: What’s a plank got to do with this?
And…How does one make a plank, THE Plank?
Space-saving, flat, minimalistic even, it’s one of the more functional woodworking projects to begin with –– the design we made is a simple adaptation of the original. The original is a mystery. Known by many other names including the Viking Chair, African chair, One-Board chair, The Plank Chair, and popularly dubbed the world oldest and simplest chair design. Stuff that DIYers cut their teeth on. Literally. Magic with a saw.
And while Norway and Africa both don’t care who made the chair first, Bram and THE crew everyone had themselves a fun time.
Here’s what mentors and participants had to say:
We’re super happy to see people making and doing. People come back for seconds, and, we’ve even had participants who have flown in from across the world. True story. Drop by THE Workshop and we’ll continue the conversation.
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