The carpenter's work is mainly concerned with the selection of materials, construction, and acceptance work. The choice of materials has a bearing on the effect and quality of the whole renovation.
Carpentry construction requires design planning, involving the design of construction plans, material handling should be avoided in the rainy days into the field, mainly to avoid deformation of materials in water delay.
The details of the main points also need to pay more attention to carpenters, construction attention to vertical, horizontal, and right angle three principles are missing.
The final acceptance should ensure that the construction is straight and flat, the patchwork is tight and accurate, and the cabinet doors are open and closed properly.
Children in Sweden use saws and become carpenters at the age of four or five. In Japan, it is common for kindergartens to offer children's woodworking courses, and in Europe and America.
Woodworking workshops are even more prevalent. woodwork, a process of constant problem identification and problem-solving, the carpenter's job is to develop the child's mindset of understanding the world and transforming it in the process of manipulation.
Wood is a very magical material, it is natural, warm, and Soothing. It may seem like a repetitive task of sanding and cutting wood day in and day out, but it is such a fun and creative activity for children.
A woodworking course is not just about teaching children how to make a piece of work, but about gaining the ability to solve life's problems by learning about materials, tools, and construction.
Many of the Scandinavian brands have their founders as carpenters. Little by little, they construct the future with their hands. Especially in Scandinavia. While we complain about the mundanity and boredom of our work, these carpenters, spend their lives doing just one thing.
In the small town of Fiskars in southern Finland lives an old man who used to work with the Finnish architect Alvar Aalto and has been making wooden handcrafted furniture all his life. I have never thought of myself as a designer, but as a craftsman", he says of himself.
The old man is Kari Veledanen, founder of the famous Finnish wooden furniture brand Nikari, who won the prestigious Swedish Bruno Masson Design Award in 1987.
In 2009, he was awarded the Order of Finland by the President (for outstanding contributions to entrepreneurship and technological development). Kari's years of perseverance have made him the inheritor and promoter of traditional Finnish handcrafted furniture.
From an early age, Kari was interested in wood and started working as a carpenter at early age to support himself.
Kari says that for craftspeople, the significance of manual skills will never be lost. As a carpenter, he enjoys the process of sublimating wood with his hands: choosing the best wood, using it thoughtfully, and taking care of details.
All in order to have good-looking, safe, and comfortable furniture. Today, Kari has been a carpenter for over fifty years and says he hopes he can do it for another thirty. His dedication has shown through.
