March 2009
66 posts
So after spending a day painting my piece with a catalyzed lacquer, I’ve had a mild but lasting headache. I know its from the trips into the the spray booth to check the paint sans mask, but it got me thinking. We have some great water based very low VOC polyurethanes, stains, and paints available to consumers, but does anyone know of a durable lacquer with low VOC’s?
❝ So, faced with a market that is slowing in growth (pretty much inevitable as long as we’re stuck on the rock called Earth), what happens as technology continues to improve manufacturing efficiency? We’ve chosen to own more and more things. But there are other options: A shorter work week to build the same output? Added time to devote to artistry and craft? A proliferation of...
❝ in our economy, everything has a price - but nothing, it seems, has a value. The yardsticks we have chosen to measure “progress” are economic ones: margin, GNP, jobs, the Dow Jones, the prime rate. Everything else — the health of our children, clean air, the safety of our communities, the feeling of belonging, a sense of meaning — has to compete on the same grounds....
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