All of the Above

Thanks to being the last student to finish my chiseling/hand-sawing project last night (slow but tidy!), I got plenty of time with the Instructor to review my project ideas. I said I was worried that the shelves might be too simple while the desk might be too complicated.

Pish tosh! They are both entirely reasonable! Reasonable and exciting! And, I am going to attempt to do both!

One of the great things about the shelf project, noted the Instructor, is the opportunity to carve many angled mortise-and-tenon joints. Could anything in the world sound more severely artisanal than that?!

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