Crafts – Guy Windsor

Revolutions: Woodworking, Watches, and AI

February 10, 2026March 27, 2023 by Guy Windsor

The AI revolution has been growing behind the scenes for a very long time, and now with chat bots like Chat GPT and image bots like Midjourney, the iceberg is breaking the surface. It puts me in mind of the machine-tool revolution in woodwork that occurred in the 60s and 70s, and the quartz … Read more

Got Wood? Italian art in the middle ages… it’s not all painting.

February 12, 2026February 28, 2015 by Guy Windsor

One of the least explicable aspects of Italian art culture that I have come across here is the way that painting and sculpture seem to be the only media that get any real respect. While admittedly great* and astonishing** painters and sculptors were apparently tripping all over each other*** in Italy between 1050-1700 AD**** at … Read more