A study of violin aesthetics This is another project that approaches violin making from a slightly different angle in hope of gaining a deeper understanding of the craft. This study is concerned with the visual rather than the functional side of violinmaking, though...
My father was a sculptor who worked in everything from marble and bronze to sintered sand and telegraph poles. in some of his wood carving he used similar techniques to some that I've ended up using in violin making. Whereas I would be obliged to lose all traces of...
Here's a little piece about plate carving that I wrote for Strings Magazine. Luthier Andrew Carruthers on the Heart & Soul of Violin Making JANUARY 3, 2019 What’s your favorite part of the process of making an instrument? For me, carving the back and top plates...
I was at the Oberlin violinmakers workshop again this summer, sharing workbenches and ideas with sixty five talanted makers from around the world. With advances in measurement technologies and through a culture of free sharing of ideas and information, some gifted and...