A Frustrated Furniture Maker
Christopher Schwarz:
A highly skilled woodworker, teacher, draughtsman and writer has said the following about me on several occasions, according to his students.
“You shouldn’t listen to Schwarz. He’s never been a professional woodworker.”
My day job requires me to be a highly trained and skilled professional. It also requires me to teach students who want to enter my field. I can say without reservation that being a leading professional in any field and being able to teach in that field are two completely different things, requiring quite different talents and skills. It’s quite rare to find someone that has the combination of both.
So when someone says, “You shouldn’t listen to Schwarz. He’s never been a professional woodworker,” it does not necessarily follow that “You should listen to me, because I am.”
What does follow is, “You should listen to Schwarz. He has the ability to explain the skills and methods needed for woodworking, and to describe a straightforward way to get there.”
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