I like that he mentioned that there's a spirit in trees and that he wants to give it a second life. I think there's probably a lot of wood workers who recognize this but not too many who mention it. There's definitely a spiritual side to wood working and George experienced it to the highest degree. Its great to see Mira carrying his torch into the future and keeping the flame burning. I was very moved by this. The Nakashima torch burns bright.
It is amazing to find and listen of a woodworker who views trees and the craft as I have, yet his skill is far beyond mine. In his words and style, I find inspiration and happiness in knowing others too feel as I do.
What a wonderful person he was. I got to meet him in 1965-67 period. I grew up in New Hope area. My father and his older brother worked at restoring antique homes and movie theaters. They got George to make several pieces of furniture for them. I had a tea ceremony table made by them back in 1970. He would quick draw up a design and the workers would get to it working on what ever part he asked them to very interesting. The wood shop with all the slabs was mind numbing to see. I wish I had some of his furniture still they we had in the old farm home.
1:17. That first table reminds me of the logo from the Wolverine boot company. My brother worked there for over thirty years, so I’m very familiar with that logo. That is a beautiful table, too.
Krenov more important for his thinking and writing (or he was, way back then, and maybe his teaching) but Maloof and Nakashima were designer/makers who were also prolific.
"because he can control the process from beginning to the end"...yup..being an architect and the collaborative works..sometimes you just want to make something from beginning to the end and escape the frustration when working with someone else collaboratively..esp. in creative fields
How can one achieve such high levels of pop out (chatoyance, wood vibrancy) ?? i know it has to do with the wood itself , but still- sanding it to ,say 320 grit or even higher, or it has to be scraped? i suspect its an oil finish or shellac. p.s. this is a question for the pros : )
Nejc Panič Guys if you wants to learn beginner to advance level woodworking my recommendation is BestWoodworking99.blogspot.com the best website to learn woodworking.......
+Nejc Panič Don't be fooled with the scraping/type of finish used. The real 'secret' is to use top-quality figured wood in the first place. If you think scraping/finish matters, give an 'expert' an average piece of pine and see what they can do with it. I'm sure you'll find there is no magic. I'm sure George could 'read' unfinished wood better than most, so he could predict what was going to look nice and what wasn't.
Kevin his son is said to be part of the business but you notice he's never seen on film, he nearly drowned when he was little and was never the same again.
hey all, Thats a helpful video here. The most useful woodworking projects that I have ever used was Toms Magic Wood (just google it). Without a doubt it contains the most helpful woodworking projects that I have ever tried.
It’s concentration camp, Look up the definition. Sorry you would try to sanitize that portion of American history, using the term “internment”. Also, how dare you presume to correct someone who experienced it.
@@FreeRange1234 I literally just told you what the definition was. If you don’t trust me look it up your self. You are just pig ignorant if you think execution and death camps are the same as concentration camps. The death camps are erroneously labeled concentration camps. What we did in the United States was called a concentration camp. Do you think someone who was a victim of that shameful circumstance knows less than your random keyboard commenting ass? Pitiful and pig ignorant.
@@FreeRange1234 the fact that you want to use incorrect language to sanitize the atrocities we committed against our own citizens in America makes me absolutely sick to my stomach. You will defend anything as long as team Merica does it, then act offended when you are literally corrected on the actual definition of terms. Go cry me a river. I don’t care if you believe me or not, it takes a split second to look up whether or not you are using correct terminology. “The term "concentration camp" or "internment camp" is used to refer to a variety of systems that greatly differ in their severity, mortality rate, and architecture; their defining characteristic is that inmates are held outside the rule of law.[6] Extermination camps or death camps, whose primary purpose is killing, are also imprecisely referred to as "concentration camps". Does that help you idiot?
Not a concentration camp. I love GN 's work...but i believe he knew better when he said that. Concentration camps are likened to death camps of Europe. "Internment Camp". Is what GN was in. Its the difference between heaven and hell. It hurts me to say this :(. Im sorry.
To say “the difference between heaven and hell leads me to believe you don’t understand the hardship, and haven’t read first hand accounts of what it was like to lose all of your possessions, have your homes stolen, with entire generation of families put in camps and treated like they were sub human. Yes the colloquial usage is to refer to nazi death camps the same way, that is incorrect as they were extermination, or “death” camps. but the definition of concentration camps is “a place where large numbers of people, especially political prisoners or members of persecuted minorities, are deliberately imprisoned in a relatively small area with inadequate facilities, sometimes to provide forced labor or to await mass execution” George wasn’t wrong to call them what they were. I think as a victim of that shameful policy he would know which word to use better than you would. Maybe save your sorrys until you know what you are talking about.
I like that he mentioned that there's a spirit in trees and that he wants to give it a second life. I think there's probably a lot of wood workers who recognize this but not too many who mention it. There's definitely a spiritual side to wood working and George experienced it to the highest degree. Its great to see Mira carrying his torch into the future and keeping the flame burning. I was very moved by this. The Nakashima torch burns bright.
It is amazing to find and listen of a woodworker who views trees and the craft as I have, yet his skill is far beyond mine. In his words and style, I find inspiration and happiness in knowing others too feel as I do.
What a wonderful person he was. I got to meet him in 1965-67 period. I grew up in New Hope area. My father and his older brother worked at restoring antique homes and movie theaters. They got George to make several pieces of furniture for them. I had a tea ceremony table made by them back in 1970. He would quick draw up a design and the workers would get to it working on what ever part he asked them to very interesting. The wood shop with all the slabs was mind numbing to see. I wish I had some of his furniture still they we had in the old farm home.
I was very, very fortunate to see the traveling exhibition of his work in Seattle some years back. Utterly inspiring.
A testament to a true craftsman whose Love for natural beauty has been preserved.
1:17. That first table reminds me of the logo from the Wolverine boot company. My brother worked there for over thirty years, so I’m very familiar with that logo. That is a beautiful table, too.
Just inspirational!
Your work is absolutely beautiful...
man'!!,.......can't get enough of these wood working genius's,........thank you very much for sharing,..........
Really cool film love this so many phrases I feel I need to write down and keep reminding myself daily .... just beautiful
Beautiful work, working with wood is so rewarding...
Very well made, beautiful work. Both very talented people. Thank you for that.
Giving is a business entered into by the soul ...who has something to offer .
Love is that business
Lovely man's visions carrying on. Great story 👍🏼
GEORGE NAKASHIMA AND SAM MALOOF FOR ME ARE THE GODHEAD OF WOODWORKING .
What about James Krenov his work is pretty awesome.?
Krenov more important for his thinking and writing (or he was, way back then, and maybe his teaching) but Maloof and Nakashima were designer/makers who were also prolific.
I have seen a Nikishima coffee table in RM's studio. Beautiful.
I'm really into the process. Interesting documentary!
Also here because of RM. I really enjoyed the documentary and learning something new.
MARAVILHOSO
RM?
I’ve never heard of this guy until tonight. Thanks Utube
Intro of looking up at full trees is the best view.
Awesome, and so inspiring.....
Great video and lesson!
His work inspired me to make live edge furniture.. in three years I've only made 6 pieces. I've kept them all
"because he can control the process from beginning to the end"...yup..being an architect and the collaborative works..sometimes you just want to make something from beginning to the end and escape the frustration when working with someone else collaboratively..esp. in creative fields
people sat they want peace, some people actually work towards it. brilliant
Wonderful Thank you
incredible video
Beautiful.
Great video
wonderful
All that great lumber...
If you have a nakashima piece you are rich
inspiring
A very nice movie !!!!!!!!!!!!!
Look at that wood stuffed warehouse XO
Opening music: "Simple gifts" complexified. For what reason?
@ minute 1:55, is this a young Deneb Puchalski?
How can one achieve such high levels of pop out (chatoyance, wood vibrancy) ??
i know it has to do with the wood itself , but still- sanding it to ,say 320 grit or even higher, or it has to be scraped?
i suspect its an oil finish or shellac.
p.s. this is a question for the pros : )
Nejc Panič Kanna finish only, the japanese hand plane. Super sharp. No sand paper, then an oil finish.
Nejc Panič Guys if you wants to learn beginner to advance level woodworking my recommendation is BestWoodworking99.blogspot.com the best website to learn woodworking.......
Thank you for your comment Chava Flores!
+Nejc Panič Don't be fooled with the scraping/type of finish used. The real 'secret' is to use top-quality figured wood in the first place.
If you think scraping/finish matters, give an 'expert' an average piece of pine and see what they can do with it. I'm sure you'll find there is no magic.
I'm sure George could 'read' unfinished wood better than most, so he could predict what was going to look nice and what wasn't.
Using the sharpest of plane irons will give you a finished piece and then usually natural Tung oil fresh from Tung seeds... 👍🏼
Arigato Gozi-imas
Wonder why Kevin is not involved in the business
Coo
How did that world peace project go? It goes to show you that while man will never bring world peace he can still make something nice
Only man can bring world peace. No appeal to the supernatural is necessary.
Kevin his son is said to be part of the business but you notice he's never seen on film, he nearly drowned when he was little and was never the same again.
hey all, Thats a helpful video here. The most useful woodworking projects that I have ever used was Toms Magic Wood (just google it). Without a doubt it contains the most helpful woodworking projects that I have ever tried.
I'm so sure that you can make it too guys. Just look for Stodoys.
Thousands of lifetime projects with Woodglut plans.
That intro is absolutelty awful!
Why you say?
Thank you... was gonna say the same.
Internment camp.
It’s concentration camp, Look up the definition. Sorry you would try to sanitize that portion of American history, using the term “internment”. Also, how dare you presume to correct someone who experienced it.
@@princegobi5992 They were called interment camps, how dare you try to equate what happen here to the concentration camps in Germany.
@@FreeRange1234 I literally just told you what the definition was. If you don’t trust me look it up your self. You are just pig ignorant if you think execution and death camps are the same as concentration camps. The death camps are erroneously labeled concentration camps. What we did in the United States was called a concentration camp. Do you think someone who was a victim of that shameful circumstance knows less than your random keyboard commenting ass? Pitiful and pig ignorant.
@@FreeRange1234 the fact that you want to use incorrect language to sanitize the atrocities we committed against our own citizens in America makes me absolutely sick to my stomach. You will defend anything as long as team Merica does it, then act offended when you are literally corrected on the actual definition of terms. Go cry me a river. I don’t care if you believe me or not, it takes a split second to look up whether or not you are using correct terminology. “The term "concentration camp" or "internment camp" is used to refer to a variety of systems that greatly differ in their severity, mortality rate, and architecture; their defining characteristic is that inmates are held outside the rule of law.[6] Extermination camps or death camps, whose primary purpose is killing, are also imprecisely referred to as "concentration camps". Does that help you idiot?
Not a concentration camp. I love GN 's work...but i believe he knew better when he said that. Concentration camps are likened to death camps of Europe. "Internment Camp". Is what GN was in. Its the difference between heaven and hell. It hurts me to say this :(. Im sorry.
He probably felt it as an insult and calls it something horrible. It was a time of war and there was no alternatives.
@@bighands69 no alternatives? Its a national shame that we put our own citizens in camps because of their race or country of origin.
To say “the difference between heaven and hell leads me to believe you don’t understand the hardship, and haven’t read first hand accounts of what it was like to lose all of your possessions, have your homes stolen, with entire generation of families put in camps and treated like they were sub human. Yes the colloquial usage is to refer to nazi death camps the same way, that is incorrect as they were extermination, or “death” camps. but the definition of concentration camps is “a place where large numbers of people, especially political prisoners or members of persecuted minorities, are deliberately imprisoned in a relatively small area with inadequate facilities, sometimes to provide forced labor or to await mass execution” George wasn’t wrong to call them what they were. I think as a victim of that shameful policy he would know which word to use better than you would. Maybe save your sorrys until you know what you are talking about.
I think that's the first time I've seen a sharp point on a tatami mat lol, unique for sure