The Artisan Chronicles
What goes on in the mind of an artisan? How does he work? How does she run the business? Read on. It’s pretty interesting.
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- Steve Quillian
Fit and tune the sashes so they they can be stripped down, reglazed and painted – but in the middle of that there’s a lot. When taking a window apart, it’s important...
- Steve Quillian
Some work you have to ease into. These radiused transoms from the Centro Espanol building in West Tampa exemplify that statement. Like any unfamiliar path, you have to watch your footing, calculate...
- Steve Quillian
Prices of lumber are at an all time high. There’s been much speculation as to why, but ultimately (as is so often the case) it’s the consumer that is (literally) paying the...
- Steve Quillian
Our work on West Tampa’s Centro Espanol building continues this week. We’ve moved onto the second floor – and these amazing door units, with beautiful 16 Lite radius windows above. Our work...
- Steve Quillian
It was a perfect day in Tampa last Friday for our SOLD OUT First Friday Workshop. We had the best bunch of folks – who came from as far away as Charleston...
- Steve Quillian
We’re working on an amazing project right now – the wood windows at West Tampa’s Centro Espanol building. It’s always interesting approaching a project of this scale – not only are there...
- Steve Quillian
We made a commitment long ago to share our knowledge and passion for historic windows with as many people as possible. And our Wood Window Museum shouts about that mission. Phase 1...
- Steve Quillian
How is singing Row, Row, Row Your Boat like an Artisan Army working on windows?? Singers who know and understand not only the song, but music in general, can sing in rounds...
- Steve Quillian
I’ve always been passionate about how Client Care/Job Setup/Organizing the Work Beginning and End should be conducted. This is nothing new. All my long time employees know this. I even have old...
- Steve Quillian
The Artisan has become such by eliminating unnecessary, superfluous movements and combining two or three basic movements into one that is swift and seamless, although complex. To one who is new or...
- Steve Quillian
A dedicated tenoning station was one of first of my dedicated tool assemblies. The need arose out the delays inherent in changing set ups. If you only have one table saw, that’s...
The secret to excellent execution is an excellent set up. A worker may wind up with an excellent result every now and then, but for one to consistently achieve excellence, that excellence...