Guess What? Its Tomorrow
Guess what? It’s Tomorrow. 4 little kids loiter just outside Mom and Dad’s bedroom door early Saturday morning. We can’t just barge in, we’d get in trouble, so this is …
Gentle Aspirations of 2023
“Life is more fun if you play games”. – Roald Dahl Dolly at the Ready for Playing (front), Pheobe at the ready for Snoozing (back) New Year – New YOU!! …
Sleepy Dormouse
Well, here we are, 2022. January something or other and I’m feeling like an over-cooked, cheese stuffed, boneless ham. Gonna be honest… January kicks my butt. It feels unnatural to …
You are here.
At Mill Hollow Works we have a mission to help you live more deliberate, creative and sustainable lives through heritage crafts – yes, we offer craft classes, we work with tools, we teach people woodworking. But why we do all that, the core belief behind all that, is that you and I need to find routes of personal connection – we need to escape the world in order to serve a wider community.
Confluence of the 4-Corners of Mill Hollow.
It’s the early 1980’s and the 4 Corners of East Alstead offers a confluence of art, craft, music and community. The inspiration imprinted me for a lifetime. The bricks for our Mill Hollow Works was laid there and then, back on those Summer days. It provided the Mission and Vision of what we could, and should, be….
Boats and the Bees
If you give an object to Heather and to me, we will largely agree on it: “That’s a nice object” we might say in unison. But what we do with …
Power of Pressure
This short month has brought with it several months’ worth of chaos and stress. Every morning, my awareness returned to my body, bitten by the furious teeth of daylight. Looking …
A brief look at Galvanic Cells, Galvanic Corrosion, Cathodic Protection, Bonding, Electrolysis, Electrolytic Delignification, and whether kids like brussel sprouts or cake better.
Did you ever do the thing in Science class in school, where you stick a copper nail and a galvanized nail into a potato (or lemon, or apple – anything …
New Power Tool Series!
In classes at Mill Hollow Works, we use hand-tools whenever we can, because we feel that’s the best way to learn. But, cordless & corded powered hand-tools and stationary power …
Urban Growth
Do you eat vegetables? If so, do you grow vegetables? If not, why not? Not enough time, not enough land, don’t have a rototiller, water is too expensive, don’t know …