10 Times People Made Incredible Things Out Of Wood, As Shared By This Facebook Group

It’s always impressive to see someone who is very, very skilled at their hobby. This is doubly as impressive if the hobby involves tools, raw materials, and a huge amount of creativity. 

The “Creative Woodworking” Facebook group gathers the incredible things these folks have made out of wood. From massive installations and entire houses to furniture, decor, and knick-knacks to decorate a home, there are some folks who maintain the age-old skill of making things out of wood. 

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The people engaged in crafting cool things out of wood are partaking in a human hobby that is probably older than most agriculture. After all, wood was one of the earliest raw materials available to us. Even Neanderthals are thought to have some primitive forms of woodworking, based on archeological evidence. 

While ancient wood items are somewhat impressive, the first real example of what we can immediately recognize comes from ancient Egypt, like so many other “firsts.” Furniture, decorations, and even tools were all made from wood, given how easy of a material it is to work with, compared to copper. 

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While older woodworking tends to be monolithic, the Egyptians knew how to make glue from parts of animals, which allowed for a lot more creativity and utility. Craftspeople could combine multiple materials and items to make something new and significantly more developed than the ritual objects of the past. 

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As it so often happens, modern technology has, somewhat, taken the allure out of quality woodworking. CNC wood routers, and mass production both allow us to make items from wood at a massive scale but also take all the individuality out of the work. After all, every piece of wood is slightly different, from the grain to any marks left by a carpenter. 

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