mmmenk -> RE: Unusual bracing... (Jan. 23 2016 1:25:21)
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Dark art indeed. We need to keep our trade secrets. What do you the think the old guild system was all about? Well not so much about keeping secrets, more like insuring that the craft prospered and the apprentices came up in the proper environment. Here is an answer to your post: It is an art, most artisans are creative and have ideas that they wish to try. The bracing is a very visual thing, but also sensual in every way. The way that you arrange the design, choose the materials, for strength, flexibility, resonace, and how you fasten the ensemble. Tension, no tension, light tension, angle, or bend the brace, how to carve it and voice the response. Rather complex. Like a true artist, the final result and goal must be in your spirit and you connect with the material, make it come alive.
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