The Hollow
Color at the Lathe: The Craft of Friction Lac W...
There is a way of coloring wood that most Western turners have never seen, and it works like this. The wood is spinning on the lathe. The turner picks up...
Color at the Lathe: The Craft of Friction Lac W...
There is a way of coloring wood that most Western turners have never seen, and it works like this. The wood is spinning on the lathe. The turner picks up...
The History of Shellac, Part 4: An Enduring Finish
The chemistry that split shellac in two after WWII, what survived the contraction, and why button lac still matters to the people who do the work. Part 4 of four.
The History of Shellac, Part 4: An Enduring Finish
The chemistry that split shellac in two after WWII, what survived the contraction, and why button lac still matters to the people who do the work. Part 4 of four.
The History of Shellac, Part 3: A Fading Shine
How nitrocellulose lacquer, the factory spray line, and the vinyl record nearly finished shellac off between 1920 and 1950. Part 3 of four.
The History of Shellac, Part 3: A Fading Shine
How nitrocellulose lacquer, the factory spray line, and the vinyl record nearly finished shellac off between 1920 and 1950. Part 3 of four.
Rediscovering Button Lac
It quietly slipped out of the catalogs, then out of the conversation, until it survived only in the hands of people who refused to let it go. A thing that...
Rediscovering Button Lac
It quietly slipped out of the catalogs, then out of the conversation, until it survived only in the hands of people who refused to let it go. A thing that...
The History of Shellac, Part 2: A Brilliant Cen...
Bleaching, the cloth pad, and a hundred years when shellac was the wood finish of the Western world — plus the adulteration problem that shadowed the trade. Part 2 of...
The History of Shellac, Part 2: A Brilliant Cen...
Bleaching, the cloth pad, and a hundred years when shellac was the wood finish of the Western world — plus the adulteration problem that shadowed the trade. Part 2 of...