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Splinters with Gary Rogowski

This podcast series is a look at furniture building from a veteran maker, designer, and author. The episodes are practical, philosophic, witty, and irreverent. Gary was a former contributing editor at Fine Woodworking Magazine, and founded The Northwest Woodworking Studio, A School for Woodworkers, in Portland, Oregon in 1997. He has no illusions about the value of this work in today’s culture of fast and furious and disposable. Making art, building furniture, is work that is useless and beautiful, and necessary for those who produce it. Creativity feeds the soul like nothing else can.

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This podcast series is a look at furniture building from a veteran maker, designer, and author. The episodes are practical, philosophic, witty, and irreverent. Gary was a former contributing editor at Fine Woodworking Magazine, and founded The Northwest Woodworking Studio, A School for Woodworkers, in Portland, Oregon in 1997. He has no illusions about the value of this work in today’s culture of fast and furious and disposable. Making art, building furniture, is work that is useless and beautiful, and necessary for those who produce it. Creativity feeds the soul like nothing else can.

Counting the Rocks

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Oct 10 2022

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What If?

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Jul 13 2022

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Rock Climbing and the Online Mastery Program

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Jul 05 2022

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Pay Attention

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May 24 2022

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Bird Brain

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Apr 07 2022

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Footsteps

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Feb 28 2022

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Dead Weight

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Jan 02 2022

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Borrowing My Chisel

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Dec 21 2021

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At the Bench

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Nov 28 2021

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Question Your Assumptions

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Nov 08 2021

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Why Do This Work?

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Oct 13 2021

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Gargantua

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Sep 28 2021

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Which Wood, Why, reprise

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Jul 26 2021

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Change

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I hate change. I love change.

Jul 12 2021

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The Problem at the Bench As Well

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Jun 27 2021

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A Spoon in the Road

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Jun 14 2021

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Something Useless

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May 31 2021

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Stuck Again

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May 18 2021

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Playtime

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Test

May 04 2021

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Transitions

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Apr 19 2021

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Introspection can be a cruel mistress

By Enigma ou812 - May 09 2020
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Be Thor, like woodwork so goes life. Gary’s deep dive into the mind of the woodworker is both familiar and fun. Words are like old friends.

Good wood info.

By Wrecks2007 - Oct 11 2018
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Good and insightful info explained in an understandable manner. Keep up the good work Gary.