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A table in Pear
What began with great enthusiasm turned quickly to frustration. I had begun work on a coffee table one morning. I'd been looking forward...
Travis Gran
Nov 14, 20224 min read
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Travis Gran
Nov 4, 20190 min read
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Travis Gran
Oct 24, 20190 min read
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Travis Gran
Oct 20, 20190 min read
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Composing: Summer 2019
Spring in BC was cold this year, winter reluctant to relinquish its grip. Warm temperatures eventually prevailed, winds calmed, flowers...
Travis Gran
Oct 6, 20193 min read
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Spring 2019: Building Vidar's Chair
The third course at the school focused on three primary themes: grain graphics, shaping curved work, and mortise and tenon joinery. Out...
Travis Gran
Aug 17, 20193 min read
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Winter term: the upward spiral
“As this sequence suggests, we view the process of learning the fine art of cabinetmaking as an "upward spiral," in which the...
Travis Gran
Aug 3, 20193 min read
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First Shavings: The fall term at Inside Passage
I walked into school on the first day a few minutes late, flustered by my tardiness and the previous fifteen minutes I'd spent looking...
Travis Gran
Jul 13, 20193 min read
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How did we get here?
In August 2018, my family and I moved to British Columbia so I could study at the Inside Passage School of Fine Cabinetmaking. This is...
Travis Gran
Jun 30, 20193 min read
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