I was faced with an interesting challenge this week when I had to design a project for 1st graders to build that would have been something that Jesus would have built. This week I share my research on 1st century woodworking, how I built this project, and the results from the Sunday school class. Two excellent resources for this research were:
“Roman Woodworking” by Roger Ulrich
and
“Egyptian Woodworking” by Geoffrey Killen
I hope you enjoy this project and please let me know if there are any questions. This week’s podcast is almost 40 minutes and I had to edit quite a bit so I am sure there may be some gaps in the information. Thanks to all the Lumberjocks, Kari Hultman, and Christopher Schwarz for their information.
Finally, if you didn’t enter for the last pen giveaway from Penn State Industries, I will be giving away one of their new Cartridge Pen kits on the January 26th show. Send me an email to let me know you want to be entered.
The blog of the week is www.sawdustislife.com run by Jeremiah Rodriguez.
5 responses so far ↓
1 Larry Marshall // Jan 14, 2009 at 10:14 am
Shannon,
Your podcasts just get better and better. This one, however, will be hard to top. Not only did you present a nifty, simple project, you did it in a context that just can’t be beat.
It’s said that it’s not good for an actor to play next to kids but wow, this was awesome.
Cheers — Larry
2 The Village Carpenter // Jan 14, 2009 at 6:36 pm
Great podcast, Shannon! And what a fun learning experience for the kids in the Sunday school class.
3 The Wood Shepherd // Jan 15, 2009 at 4:19 pm
Well, my friend, great work! The projects that are the most fun for me are the ones that have some historical foundation, irregardless of the complexity of the project!
I did note, however, that at least a few of those were assembled upside-down…
4 Paul // Feb 15, 2009 at 11:28 am
Thanks for the excellent blog and for directing me to it from the Woodjocks site. Great project and just what I need for the kids who will visit my shop!
Paul
5 Glen // May 14, 2009 at 9:58 pm
You love your mother-in-law! Great project that the kids will not soon forget.