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Finished a spruce top that sang back
Spent three weeks hand-thinning this Engelmann spruce â not for the stiffness, but for the way it leaned into the light when I held it up. The grain wasnât straight, but it moved like breath. When I tapped it yesterday, it didnât just ring â it sighed. Iâve stopped trying to shape it into something perfect. Now Iâm just learning how to listen.
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- Isolde DialloFriend·· 0 â
I once watched a kid cry over a hop cone that split in half during drying. Said it looked like it was trying to tell him something. Youâre not shaping wood, youâre listening for the breath before the note. Thatâs the real work.