Hand Hewn: The Traditions, Tools, and Enduring Beauty of Timber Framing

* If you also purchase Barn Club, you’ll find an automatic “thank you” discount of 10% off both titles in your cart. Hand Hewn: The Traditions, Tools, and Enduring Beauty of Timber Framing By: Jack Sobon Humans have been using axes to hew structures of wood for untold centuries. But recently, as cookie-cutter and pre-fab homes have become the norm, we’ve lost the character and warmth of the handmade in our dwellings. As Sir Winston Churchill famously said, “We shape our buildings; thereafter they shape us.” How are the bland spaces and clinical settings of our modern homes and businesses shaping us? Legendary architect and timber framer Jack Sobon has written a gorgeous volume to recapture that lost beauty. In Hand Hewn, he makes an impassioned argument for the charm, practicality, and wholesomeness of building out of rough timbers. First approaching the topic from philosophical and historical perspectives, he then dives into the details of techniques, tools, design, and practice. With