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Embodied practice of wood carving for a knife handle at a living systems lab MonViso Institute, Ostana, Italy
Handle: local Laburnum wood, native to the mountains of southern Europe from France, through Italy to the Balkans
Blade: designed in CAD program, hardened in a furnace at 1050 degrees
Tools: pencil, sanding paper, files, router, chisel, belt sander, japanese saw
Tags: fine handkraft, patience, woodworking tools, wood as an organic material, focus, preservence, detailism, precision, wood sensing, tool understanding (sharpness, angles, weight, pressure)
















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