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Serious question, I was at the art museum in Denver and the old furniture displays made me think.
They had a 19th century dresser with dovetails you could see were cut by hand, not perfect but full of character. It hit me that maybe my obsession with laser-straight lines from the CNC is missing the point of the craft. Do you ever worry modern tools are making us forget the soul of the work?
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charles6406d ago
That 19th century guy woulda traded his soul for a CNC in a heartbeat.
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hayes.casey1mo ago
Nah, the soul is in the design and the care you put in, not the tools. A CNC can make something beautiful if the person using it cares.
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leehall1mo ago
Totally get that. Saw an old hand carved chair once, same feeling. The little imperfections are what make it real.
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murphy.tessa1mo ago
That dresser in Denver probably had a guy cursing over every single one of those dovetails. My take is the soul is in not throwing the project out the window when you mess up the tenth one. A CNC just means you get to the swearing part of the process faster because you're already on to assembly. The old tools added time and frustration, not magic.
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