I wish I did this a year ago

[@esredarksun]

When dealing with artistry, it is never a rip-off; it's an homage.

[@thetoal666]

Inspired insight 😜

[@ENCurtis]

I like that read 👊

[@StacheTB]

"This is just a tribute!"

[@steelsunpi]

For the sun: kinda like the baby face on the sun in Teletubbies, but instead use Ron Swanson/Nick Offerman.

[@johnhubbard6262]

I've heard you say your old a few times - when you can still work on your knees and get up off the floor your not old yet. When you get old, in another 30 years if your like me your going to wish you had wore knee pads when you had to, and did most of your work on the table. Love your style, your work really grabs me like a perfect photograph can.

[@leatherbydragonfly]

Great design. It reminds me of the rising sun, the start of a new day and a new project. As far as the block plane on ply, it’s a tool made to be used. We can always give it a quick sharpen or strop. Keep inspiring all of us

[@ENCurtis]

Appreciate you!

[@HiramWoodworking]

The thing I made last week in my shop for work (the company I work for) was a rolling plywood storage cart. I can now store and organize all the sheets of plywood and the random off cuts in a way that is clean, organized and easily accessible. It’s not pretty, but every time I look at it I smile and am happy that I took the time to do it.

[@NewmanSpecialsWoodwork]

That is the best feeling - tha tlittle bit of organization that makes a huge difference to your work!

[@RootedInThePastWoodworking]

I was literally just in my shop today thinking this very same thing. I want my space to inspire me, not just be a boring box. Thanks for the inspiration!

[@jerrybyrd7778]

Love the wall, what is best, is it shows a playful side. Yet, utilitarian.

[@ENCurtis]

Thank you!

[@einsteinbpc]

Great build. I need to do more to make my shop a beautiful place to be in. Cheers.

[@ENCurtis]

Thanks 👍

[@BlackHawk295]

I absolutely love how the wall looks like a sheet of plywood that had ripcuts (don't know if that's the right term, still learning lol) through it but still creates the imagery of sunbeams!

[@markbangert2576]

Love the wall, love the idea. More importantly were do you get those mugs you have on the wall??

[@ENCurtis]

My buddy David Bowen (@dbowensculpture)

[@victoryak86]

Very creative and great inspiration. Adding elements of beauty and creativity is a compelling idea. Easy to have a “utilitarian only” mindset but beauty is such an important aspect of our craft.

[@marloswagler]

Great idea to wait and let the idea come to you! Some of the best designs can just randomly pop in your brain!

[@petevonschondorf4609]

after I looked up Wharton and got back to the video, I was waiting for a window over laying the wall and sun rays coming in or silhouette of a mountain range or city scape with the rays terminating on the silhouette. Oh well, raining here, so its watercolor painting day!!

[@ENCurtis]

I'll make an homage video at some point and be sure to include that!

[@barryomahony4983]

"Tropical hardwoods with a high silica content". Yea, we're looking at you, Bubinga. It's amazing what some of those boards are like.

[@ENCurtis]

Bubinga is a dirty word in my shop 😂

[@wulf67]

@@ENCurtis It just sounds like a dirty word: "Hijo de la Bubinga! I just sharpened that plane iron 20 minutes ago!" Chupa mi bubinga! It is pretty though.

[@PoeticJusticeSC]

Your production quality is through the roof. In my opinion you have hit the sweet spot where you are simultaneously entertaining, educating and inspiring your audience. Keep up the good work!!

[@Schmitzwoodcraft]

Cool wall! That's true about using an old block plane at a job site. I just used mine to shave a corner of an old gate with bits of sand in it. Got the job done and kept my "nicer tools" in my shop..

[@terrytopliss9506]

Looks good Eric,like you said various room for alteration as you find your way round the space. Thanks for the video.👍👍

[@ENCurtis]

Thank you :)

[@joanemery1487]

I am so glad to see that you are matching the design of the other wall. It looks so much better. :) I give you several thumbs up.👍👍👍👍👍👍👍

[@robertedwards5843]

Great call on Wharton Esherick. Knew nothing of his work. Watched a great documentary. Need to find a hard back copy of his picture bio. 👍🏻

[@kevinmeachem2138]

Not only did I enjoy the creative designing/play, I learned about a new (to me) designer and future inspiration. I concur that making our workspaces more enjoyable/appealing is a good and productive thing to do. I savor these postings.

[@Demon_Mx2277]

You could partition the sun and raise each piece slightly to give the sun a 3d feel and look.

[@TCGE08]

Cliffhanger! Thanks for introducing me to Escherick. Very inspiring stuff

[@StacheTB]

This is quite inspiring. My mind went to having some kind of mirrored effect on the bottom as if the rays were hitting a lake or pond. Very cool stuff and I will def look up Wharton Esherick.

[@torque9889]

I’ve just completed the roof for my semi outdoor work shop and was planning on cladding it with pallets for a quick cheap wall filler essentially but I think you’ve inspired me to try a design using the pallet wood. I have some lovely chestnut and acacia planks to contrast so I might see what I can come up with. Thanks man! Great vid as always, you’ve become my favourite woodworking channel and I basically follow them all.

[@jimmcnett]

Love your process. The work is always beautiful. I am inspired to "Go make a thing." Thank you.

[@ENCurtis]

Thank you!

[@CinkSVideo]

Maybe Larissa will build you a tambour cabinet for your wall. 😜. I recognized that block plane. It does the job, but I don’t love it. Had to laugh as I’ve heard you diss Woodriver planes. Seriously. It’s a good thing to walk into your workspace and have a Bit of joy and it looking nice and inviting.

[@ENCurtis]

A giant tambour door is a *sick* idea actually...

[@CinkSVideo]

@@ENCurtis I’m totally all in to watch that build and process.

[@torque9889]

Oh and another KZbinr called ‘Afon Tirs’ has just made an oak door with this sunburst design with a beautiful brass filigree centre based off and old Italian door. Might be worth taking a glance at for some inspiration.

[@sarinhighwind]

20+ years in carpentry. Lots of time watching the youtubes and all sorts of makers. Not sure who the guy you're referring to is. I've never heard any other maker refer to him. But, I'll be sure to watch another of the latest episodes of new yankee workshop when this video is done.

[@Kernowwoods]

Great work man. I’ve literally just done my own tool wall in my workshop and it was so much fun 🤙

[@therealandrewstrains]

What I enjoy most about your content is that you speak often about enjoyment. I know that when I create, I enjoy, but not 'owning' my space often means that I am not always able to get into that creative groove. Thanks for sharing this. BTW I was #912 for liking your video. But then I had to do the shopping and other stuff before sitting down mid-morning to watch you. Just saying.

[@briancollins2230]

As always, I'm here for you, bro. With a full cup, I'll see you next week. Thanks

[@mikepetersen8585]

Eric, what’s up with your obvious lack of affection for WoodRiver?? I’m genuinely curious as there are others on the other side of the fence (or border in this case) who rate WoodRiver. Great update / wall by the way. I’m moving into my new shop soon and already have similar plans

[@ronincraftsman]

He has a new video up that compares a WoodRiver #5. His history is that a WoodRiver plane he purchased when first getting tools warped to out of square. That experience doesn’t promote confidence in the brand, though he gave the newly purchased plane in the recent video a fair shake.

[@inmyimage1081]

Time to learn chasing and repousse and make a copper sun and tint it using a torch.

[@walterrider9600]

thank you EN

[@twcmaker]

So cool. I didn't like the second ray on the wall.. I was shouting "turn the wood around.. Don't make it look like it's out of one sheet 🙈".. Then when I saw it finished.. "does look good,, damn 😂" I need to get my wall done.

[@Montagedmoments]

I love this wall and how it's developing! Can I ask where you got those fun handmade coffee mugs from? I'd love to buy one! Thanks!

[@leighdurrant9116]

A storage solution is never wasted work

[@FrankPace54]

Well that sure beats the Irish green 🎯

[@ENCurtis]

That's a low bar to clear tho 😂

[@elonf6164]

Oh man. I love it, but... And I don't want you to feel like you need to tear it down because this is such a great idea... But it really needed to be squiggles. Of course the 2 points would still need to line up, but crazy would be a super awesome contrast here. Almost like the mullet of walls. Business on her side, party on the back, and awesome when you see them together!

[@jamesblais135]

Love the wall, I have to know what those spoke shaves are? I would love the flat handles of those over my rounded ones.

[@joeleonetti8976]

I was thinking you could get some 8 quarter basswood and carve a sun and paint it with dilute acrylics. I agree there is all kinds of things you could do there. I good problem.

[@chriscluver1940]

What don't you like about the WoodRiver block plane? I've got the large one, and it works well enough for me (though I have big hands, and it's chonky).

[@steven_vogt]

Shop job video! Yay!!🎉

[@ENCurtis]

Hope you enjoyed it!

[@steven_vogt]

@@ENCurtis definitely!! Simple but really strong effect 👍🏻 looking forward to seeing what you come up with for the multi media sun ☀️

[@semerhi]

That sun is screaming to be a sheet of copper 😊

[@royunderwood7514]

Nice work😊

[@kennethholmes9315]

Something 3D might look good in the corner. As always great content.

[@ENCurtis]

That could definitely be a fun idea

[@JamesWilliams-en3os]

Okaaay… now that you’ve semi-dissed the Wood River block plane as a “jobsite only” tool, inquiring minds want to know which block plane you reach for in your shop? Oh, and I approve of your response to Larissa’s tool wall challenge!

[@36736fps]

Looks nice and glad you enjoyed doing it, but I have neither the time nor the money to waste a perfectly good piece of ply.

[@scottrelstyle3647]

100% invest in your space that you spend time in it's the best way to remain in love with what you do while you are there... Nice little on e this week.

[@woodnotestudio]

As always awesome video. I really need to get one of those mugs. Your collection is crazy cool.

[@ws6619]

lol.. I feel ya old guy. 'ick!'

[@deek3048]

Larissa got your number! She knows that you will take on any challenge to improve HER space.... LOL

[@SHENRAR]

As you mentioned Wharton Esherik, I have been wanting to ask you this for a long time: could you make a video where you recommend both the work of woodworkers and books for someone that is getting started in the field?

[@jackphillips1383]

Need some hammered brass for the “sun”

[@cliffjohnson271]

Thank you!! I love your videos! I’ve never heard of Wharton Esherick. I just watch a video and I’m inspired. You inspire me too. Also, what is the music you play in your intro and in the video? I would love to have that playing in my shop while I’m trying to create?

[@morenogentile8274]

who makes the coffee mugs again I want to find some. I just can;t remember which video you shared the maker

[@ENCurtis]

My buddy David Bowen (@dbowensculpture)

[@jonscheidt]

Great use of a Waynes World reference! 🍻

[@steveschultz300]

I would like to hear how you and your collaborators/shop mates designate rent and utilities.

[@thetoal666]

Maybe not inventive, but to me that sun is screaming for gold leaf to be applied and some red accents. The lines of the rays have a bit of an Art Deco feel and gold color would be a good highlight to the brown tone of the wood. Would also introduce light in form of reflection into the wall.

[@ENCurtis]

I thought about mirror glass for the same reason. I'm curious to see when the idea hits me.

[@chrismoore6359]

As a Mainer, I

[@michaelraugh6015]

Y'know, it would be interesting/amusing if you put the Emmy on a shelf so that the globe it's holding up becomes the focal point of the rays.

[@Mhj96813]

Nice to see you didn’t go French cleat system

[@bobamerican755]

Should’ve just left it green and through the power of CGI it could’ve been anything you want every single video! 🤣

[@joeleonetti8976]

If I recall correctly, it's you, Larissa, and Saw Dust Woman sharing space?

[@oneshot4274]

How can I get one of those awesome coffee mugs?

[@gregsims5672]

So I don’t have to search back videos, what is the link to your friend’s site that makes your mugs? Have to get one. Thx!

[@PaulEaklor]

What if you do a burl face for the sun with some power carving?

[@dpmeyer4867]

thanks

[@mm9773]

9:15 No, it’s not silly. A little bit naive, perhaps? I would have moved the sun off the canvas, only doing the rays. And maybe two off-canvas suns, subtle Star Wars reference, with another set of rays going from bottom right to top left? Something like that.

[@ENCurtis]

Not a bad idea. Ultimately the sun was used to help me stretch the boards and complete piece with only one sheet of ply. Otherwise I would've come up just short of the corner.

[@mm9773]

“Wharton Esherick is one of the most influential furniture makers of the 20th century.” Hm. Very interesting, thanks for mentioning his name - super sculptural, a feast for the eyes. Influential? Not so much: you could say furniture design went the opposite way in the 20th century, with Bauhaus and later the Scandinavians. But I’ll check out more of his stuff, I really like some of it.

[@ENCurtis]

His influence was less on the industrial furniture movement and more on studio furniture as an artistic practice. Before Esherick (and later Nakashima and Maloof), people didn't see furniture as an expression of art. Esherick and his contemporaries changed how we perceive objects of utility. But that's largely an opinion, I admit.

[@bloho_design]

That feeling when you see a young man say "I'm old, I'm not cool"...

[@dhc1802]

What’s in the box? WHAT’S IN THE BOX?!?

[@theacousticpoet]

Love the wall! What’s in the booooooox???!!!

[@ENCurtis]

Oh you'll find out next week 😎

[@jeffp53090]

Beaten copper or mild steel?

[@ENCurtis]

I was thinking beaten copper or brass!

[@1deerndingo]

So ! You do have a cup with a beard. Show it if you grow it. Nice wall. Great video.

[@ENCurtis]

Yes I do! Had him make me one specifically. One is the coffee cup and one is the whiskey cup. But I'll let you guess which is which.

[@HonoredMule]

"Now I know what you're thinking..." Actually, no. It never even occurred to me that minor wear and tear on a woodworking tool that can be completely restored might be considered a reason not to use it. Trust me, I'm far more obsessively compulsed that a little more effort and acceptance of waste wasn't taken to align the grain with the rays.

[@foppkn4867]

What about using gold leaf for the sun

[@foppkn4867]

And gold leaf rays

[@Whiskeywoodchuck]

Starting a competitive banter over interior decor - with a woman. You are a brave man Eric Curtis :) (PS. you can't win this one)

[@ENCurtis]

I like to live dangerously 😎

[@ChrisHornberger]

"What's in the boooooooox?" -- Detective David Mills

[@BillMSmith]

Turn the sun into a moon. A reflection on reflection, if you will. And since when is there a prohibition on hand tools on plywood? Is this another step for me on the road to perdition?

[@DavZell]

Because I'm always perfect... the thinnest ray, and maybe the one to its left, is crying out to be slightly trimmed to better follow the outine of the sun like its sibling rays. If you replace the sun, maybe aquick trim?

[@goncalovazpinto6261]

Soooo... What came in the mail?

[@SleeperHoundDesign]

The freak out over using a block plane on ply had me laughing. I guess you get to a point in your youtube career where you know what's going to happen, so you have to justify it in the video. 😂

[@ENCurtis]

It's a spidey sense at this point 😂

[@SleeperHoundDesign]

@@ENCurtis 🤣

[@chadkrause8406]

Burlap, use burlap on the sun.

[@spittalmusic]

But….what was the thing?😮

[@paulbuffington9709]

I see your face laser engraved on the sun.

[@anonymouspdg6121]

🤣🤣

[@ENCurtis]

I could never be so bold 😂😂

[@warrenfroggatt8306]

you are not even 40 yet alone 50+. You ain't old young sir 🙂

[@gerarddelmonte8776]

The nitpicky anal retentive side of me is still wondering about that sliver of green showing on the edge under the sun part. But yeh, overall, thumbs up.

[@ENCurtis]

The ply, having removed a good 3/4" through all the cuts, came up a sliver short of the other end. Ah well. Such is life.

[@Halscamp]

Too much rambling on for me to waste time on - sorry

[@BobMuir100]

Why? Why was this made? Yup the wall needed doing Yup a girl moved you to do it…….all men blah blah So you were very tight on allowing input!? So where are the undertones showing thru? The package contained……………………….? Bob England

[@ENCurtis]

Why not? It made me happy. And that's enough sometimes.

[@johnhiemstra1464]

Love that wall idea. Can’t wait to see what’s in the box next week. But a whole week? Come on man that’s cruel😂

[@214rwoz]

Some color, thanks for all your time and effort. 1in7.

[@ENCurtis]

Hope you enjoyed it!

[@PPHalpert]

Esherick, THE DEAN! I loveee the term xXCottagexCoreXx now… she did she say Cottage Core right?? I love it. I’m literally “working on” /dicking-around in the midst of my tool wall as we speak and your thumbnail DO THIS NOW was perfect and it grabbed the bajesus outta me ❤ your work is lovely as always 🦅🦅

[@jgarehart89]

Where did you get the mugs?

[@ENCurtis]

Two were made by my buddy David Bowen (@dbowensculpture), and another was sent by a kind subscriber.

[@Gnarpium]

I also greatly enjoy your videos, and will happily admit that the funny mugs add to the ambience of your shop and videos. I was glad to hear you talk about Eshrick As I greatly admire his work. Have you ever been to his home and Shop museum in Pennsylvania? Seeing his home and the work that he did where he lived amazing and inspiring. Thanks for your efforts. I think I smile more during your videos than anything else KZbin puts out.