Out of nowhere
My wife has more ideas than any human being on the planet. She is a veritable fountain of ideas. In fact, I’ve often told her that we should set up…
My wife has more ideas than any human being on the planet. She is a veritable fountain of ideas. In fact, I've often told her that we should set up a website called ideas-R-us. Then people who have no ideas could log on and for a small fee, she could provide them with more ideas than they will ever need.
What got me thinking about this was a recent post on a woodworking forum in which the poster asked: Where do you get your ideas? It may sound like a joke but it's really not. Ideas are not always easy to come by, even for very creative people.
Recently, I had occasion to be standing under an oak tree when a gall fell and landed at my feet. It might just as easily have bonked me on the head. But it was almost perfectly round and, being the kind of guy who thinks in an off the wall way from time to time, I thought, "hey, wonder if I can turn this?" I was able to get it held on my lathe in a vacuum chuck and hollowed it out. Then I mounted it on a delicate turned stem. Everyone keeps saying how brilliant this was. But I know the truth. It literally hit me!
D.D.
David DeCristoforo possesses an extensive resume as designer/maker of fine furniture, high-end cabinetry and architectural woodwork. His experience in professional woodworking spans a period of 35 years. For the past 20 years David DeCristoforo Design has been located in Woodland, California. During this time David's shop has ranged in scope from a "full on" cabinet production shop with as many as 15 employees to a small fine furniture and custom millwork shop, working with his son, David RBJ, a highly skilled maker in his own right.