#31: Jacob King

Jacob King does incredible custom wood work. We chat about his history as a musician, web + e-learning designer, recording studio owner and yoga instructor. We hear about his evolution from doing home renos to custom woodwork & furniture. He schools us on the term for the absurd urge we’ve all had to hurl ourselves off a balcony, and how that urge translates to a woodworking shop with deadly machines (“The Call Of The Void”). He also tells us why he hates sanding and uses a hand plane instead to save time. He explains how his wife helped him overcome perfectionism and reveals that he doesn’t consider his pieces finished until they’re actually being used in a person’s home and begin to get dings, dents & scratches.

“I will sit down with the client and I will build something that suits their taste. I need to have some lengthy discussions about what's your aesthetic? What do you like? Okay, so now we know what you like. What kind of functionality do you need in it? And then how can I take what you like visually, what you need functionally and incorporate that into something that I can make for you that you're gonna be happy with and love looking at for the rest of your life and maybe I'll just take that and let it go. There's a big part of building something and then just letting it go and this is gonna go back to Mike Pekovich again. He's the last person I heard say it: When you get the final coat of finish on it and you drop it off with a client or hang it on the wall or set it in your living room, the piece of furniture isn't finished yet. It's not until it starts getting the dings and the scrapes and the scratches and the dents and developing the patina. That is when the piece of furniture starts to get finished because it's getting used and loved.”

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JACOB KING
 WEB: https://jacobking.ca
 IG: https://www.instagram.com/aplannedescape
 LINKS TO PIECES
 POPLAR CROTCH TABLE: https://www.instagram.com/p/CASn1d7D9Od/
*for sale* contact: mailto:[email protected]
 GUITAR: https://www.instagram.com/p/Btn4I62AA-v
 PEN: https://www.instagram.com/p/CABgJLoDne6
 PURPLE BOX: https://www.instagram.com/p/B7vtQYpgZkD
 SMALL BRASS & WOOD HAMMER: https://www.instagram.com/p/B6qNzsBASzP

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