Having ventured out into the world during our first class for Old’s Cool our aim was to capture objects or images that show ‘craft’ or something that is well crafted.

Carved Doorway

• Quite beautifully, the practise of stonemasonry is sometimes referred to as stonecraft.
• Wikipedia (the source of all knowledge and wisdom) describes “the craft of shaping rough pieces of rock into accurate geometrical shapes… some of considerable complexity”
• “has existed since humanity could use and make tools” – Citation is definitely needed for this wild statement but I dig it.
• Sometimes stonemasons lose their hearing due to the loud noises in carving the sandstone with grinders etc

Saxophone

• Though most instruments cannot be traced back to a specific individual or inventor, the Saxophone was most definitely created by Adolphe Sax, a german instrument maker who also improved the clarinet.
• The mouthpiece is the most important part in the manufacturing of a saxophone and the mouthpiece shape is most responsible for the tone of the instrument.
• The brass must be heated to a point that begins creating oxide residue and so the entire instrument is soaked in acid after being bent into shape.
• Saxophones are very often custom engraved which makes them even more unique. Expensive saxophones from some instrument manufacturers have different engravings on every instrument.