The Artisan Within
Surely every Artisan is a worker, but not every worker is an Artisan. Every Artisan indeed is a worker, but what kind of worker?
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THE ARTISAN CHRONICLES
What goes on in the mind of an artisan? How does he work? How does she run the business? Read on. It's pretty interesting.
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Steve Quillian
- Dec 19, 2022
- 5 min
A Unicorn for Christmas?
What do you want for Christmas? Maybe it's a black swan on the back of a unicorn. I'm going to be glad to spend a few weeks at home with...
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Steve Quillian
- Jun 2, 2022
- 11 min
The Carpenter/Painter Conundrum
Having been thinking for years about what kind of person I need to hire to help with the work at Wood Window Makeover, I am starting to...
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Steve Quillian
- Apr 2, 2022
- 5 min
Innate Perpetuality
Do you ever watch the TV show Survivor where they throw a bunch of people into a wilderness to compete in various challenges? Yet before...
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Steve Quillian
- Nov 21, 2021
- 3 min
Great Opportunities Disguised as Impossible Situations
(Entire unedited and candid discussion between Steve and Lynda about the state of the business and why she’s leaving Wood Window...
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Steve Quillian
- Nov 8, 2021
- 3 min
An Unorthodox Faith and a Business Crippled By Imposter Syndrome
Ownership. What does it really mean to own a business? What does it really mean to own anything for that matter? Yes I started it. Yes,...
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Lynda
- May 20, 2021
- 3 min
Reuse / Recycle / Re-life
Prices of lumber are at an all time high. There's been much speculation as to why, but ultimately (as is so often the case) it's the...
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Steve Quillian
- Feb 27, 2021
- 4 min
Wood Window Overhaul Works Best Cyclically, Like Singing Rounds
(First published Sept, 2020) How is singing Row, Row, Row Your Boat like an Artisan Army working on windows?? Singers who know and...
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Steve Quillian
- Feb 25, 2021
- 6 min
How To Escape Client Judgment
I've always been passionate about how Client Care/Job Setup/Organizing the Work Beginning and End should be conducted. This is nothing...
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Steve Quillian
- Feb 24, 2021
- 3 min
Chisel in the Left Hand, Hammer in the Right
The Artisan has become such by eliminating unnecessary, superfluous movements and combining two or three basic movements into one that is...
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Steve Quillian
- Feb 21, 2021
- 4 min
Set Up is Key to Excellence
The secret to excellent execution is an excellent set up. A worker may wind up with an excellent result every now and then, but for one...
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Steve Quillian
- Jan 22, 2021
- 3 min
Managing Large Projects as Tapestries
So we have a large project coming up soon, in a couple of weeks as a matter of fact. For months we’ve been working on small to medium...
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Steve Quillian
- Jan 14, 2021
- 1 min
Chasing ingredients
When you're figuring out what to cook for dinner, where do you start? With your store cupboard ingredients? Or do you find that one...
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Steve Quillian
- Jan 13, 2021
- 1 min
Reminder to myself - find my moment of zen (by The Brit)
Some people are just great at puzzles. And they love them... Those kids who can solve a Rubik's cube is under a minute? Geniuses. Steve...
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Steve Quillian
- Dec 3, 2020
- 4 min
The Archetypal Window - An American Success Story…
It was an archetypal time, unlike any other in history. The land of opportunity had reached its full stride. There was an ‘unending’...
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Steve Quillian
- Oct 29, 2020
- 3 min
Once a Flip Always a Flip
So, our next job is one that sprung on us in an unlikely way. A man in St. Petersburg hired us to re-glaze his historic windows and make...
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Steve Quillian
- Oct 27, 2020
- 4 min
Wood Window Advice? Keep Rowing Till The End
How is singing Row, Row, Row Your Boat like an Artisan Army working on windows?? Singers who know and understand not only the song, but...
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Steve Quillian
- Oct 27, 2020
- 11 min
Three Things The Artisan Protects Against...
Three things you want to protect yourself against at work are dust, unnecessary work, and unnecessary client judgment. Protect Yourself...
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Steve Quillian
- Oct 27, 2020
- 7 min
Innovative Measuring Tapes
A measuring tape was one of the first tools I learned how to use, though I don’t directly remember the specifics of learning how to use...
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Steve Quillian
- Oct 27, 2020
- 3 min
I AM NOT MY JOB!
Ok. Fair enough. Your “Job” is not who you are. It doesn’t define you. You are something greater, something more substantial. ...
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