He was carving that thick walnut log as if he were doing embroidery…
Master Mehmet had learned furniture making from his grandfather. He would make various furniture such as dining tables, wooden flooring, wooden cabinets, bookcases by hand. Marquetry wooden furniture.
He loved making wooden dining tables the most. Dining tables with rose patterns, tulip patterns, even tiny daisy patterns cut from wood… All of them were turned out of the lathe one by one, processed with wooden knives… And the indispensable part of this job… Made of walnut wood…
What makes the walnut trunk so valuable?
Is it because walnut wood is very durable that it is valuable?
Especially our Black Sea walnut is completely different. The trunks of walnut trees that are saturated with water in places with more rain are even more robust. They resist strong winds and the storms of the Black Sea, they are strong…
The value of furniture made from that trunk is also high.
Besides, not every carpenter gives walnut logs. The jeweler of the job wants it but…
A master knows its true value…
Walnut processing is difficult! It is hard. Masters work walnuts with nail-tipped tools and lathes…
It requires a lot of effort and labor…. When that furniture is finished, it costs a lot… Walnut workmanship has special customers. Not everyone who says “I want it for my house” can buy it…
Master Mehmet chooses the ripe walnut… Its age is very important!
He looks and checks it sensitively…
It is necessary to keep the work sharp from the very beginning. When you choose the walnut, the work is just beginning. Its trunk will have rested and drained its water… It should be perfectly dry, if it is not, he waits for that tree to dry.
Strict control in detail is a must so that it is a work of mastery.
The patterns of the furniture should also be made with separate knives… When cutting the daisy pattern, the knife should be slightly bent, at exactly the right angle. If you keep it upright, it won’t work, otherwise the tree will crack over time… If you shift your hand setting a few degrees, you’ll have to do it all over again…
You need to understand the details meticulously, the secret of the work is hidden in the details.
Master Mehmet has been embroidering the top of the table like a flower garden for years.
But don’t think that he only cares about the visible parts of the table. He also sands the bottom of the table until it is spotlessly clean and smooth.
Taking care of what is not visible is the job of those who perceive it sensitively, it requires mastery.
When Master Mehmet started this job as a child, he only made small coffee tables with rose patterns on them for months. He mastered that pattern, then he learned to cut leaves from wood next to the rose. Over time, in a few years, he could now make a rose garden pattern.
The master reaches the whole from the detail.
He would go to the workshop with a rose he had picked from his grandmother’s garden in his hand. While examining the flower, he would also carve the tree. As he looked, he would notice different beautiful details. The ovality created in perfect proportions in the rose petals... Layer upon layer of nested petals wrapping around each other. The harmonious movement of the rose when it opens its petals... As he examined, he noticed separate beauties and richness in detail.
As he examined them meticulously, his perception became richer.
Sometimes the furniture made by Master Mehmet is sold at auctions, and sometimes it is specially ordered from mansions. Of course, there are those who do this work in the market, and most of them came from Master Mehmet's workshop and were trained by him. Because Master Mehmet has learned the secret of this work...
By examining everything meticulously...
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