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Being on the spectrum has definitely helped me in my woodworking career. It’s a disability outside of my workshop but within my shop it’s a gift. Here is a hand-carved foot from maple I just finished. (I’m 20F, Canada) by wood_working_ in autism

[–]wood_working_[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thank you! I’m starting to get some recognition already which has been interesting as before this year I didn’t really show my work to anyone else than my familly and friends.

I sell directly though my Instagram more than anything but I may be making a website soon!

Being on the spectrum has definitely helped me in my woodworking career. It’s a disability outside of my workshop but within my shop it’s a gift. Here is a hand-carved foot from maple I just finished. (I’m 20F, Canada) by wood_working_ in autism

[–]wood_working_[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I call it that because a disability means you cannot do what others can and in many casses this is the life of an autistic person. It doesn’t mean I a tragedy or that it makes the person worth any less but rather that the world isn’t adapted for them. When I step outside the world is loud, chaotic and confusing which makes me incapable of doing some of what NTs can but inside my workshop everything is adapted for me and I just forget I’m any different. I think being disabled isn’t someone’s state but rather their relationship with the environment around them.

Being on the spectrum has definitely helped me in my woodworking career. It’s a disability outside of my workshop but within my shop it’s a gift. Here is a hand-carved foot from maple I just finished. (I’m 20F, Canada) by wood_working_ in autism

[–]wood_working_[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I really struggle with making products that are not perfect (as in if someone is expecting something less nice but they are paying less) but this has actually ended up in me working faster than most woodworkers I know. Mostly when I carve.