The short story
This blog will document my journey as I follow my 'what do I want to be
when I grow up' dream of making beautiful things with wood.
The long story
I developed an interest in horology in 2011. It started with
watches. I purchased some cheap vintage Russian mechanical watches, some
modest tools, and began tinkering. With the wealth of information
available online, and a bit of patience and persistence, I managed to
completely disassemble a few watches and assemble them back to working
order. I even managed to repair one watch. Let's not get into how it
broke down. Apparently having the correct tools for the job is
important. It's a lesson you keep learning when money is not a luxury.
From watches my interest expanded to clocks and more recently to clocks
made completely out of wood. Hence the blog title. See what I did there.
;-)
In March of 2012 my partner and I were holidaying up at the beautiful
Great Barrier Reef coast and I asked her what she wants to be when she
grows up. Now, we're too old for that question but it was asked with a playful 'what if' and we spent about half an hour discussing it. Wouldn't
it be great to posses all of this knowledge that comes with experience
and hindsight and apply it to your choice of career at the beginning
rather than mid way or at the end of your working life? We both learned a
little about each other and we both reflected.
She decided to work with kids via musical therapy when she grows up
while I decided to make beautiful things with wood when I grow up.
Perhaps it is too late for me to learn a trade and make a living out of
it. Perhaps this is a silly dream that should remain as one. I don't
have the answer either way but at the risk of sounding crass and corny,
f#ck it, life is too short to keep dreaming - I'm building a wooden
clock.
