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Todd Clippinger

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Tips for Designing and Being Inspired

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Some of the most common questions I get are about how I find inspiration and ideas for projects. So, I decided to make a video that basically answers those questions.

I hope that you find this video helpful, motivating, and inspirational as you travel your own woodworking journey!

Your friend in the shop-

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shipwright commented almost 9 years ago

Very good video Todd. I couldn’t agree with you more. The part about sketching really made me smile because almost all of my pieces evolve from “concept sketches” in one form or another. Here are three examples. In each case the original sketch was done long before the piece was actually started.


The early bird gets the worm but its the second mouse that gets the cheese.

Todd Clippinger commented almost 9 years ago

shipwright – Thanks for sharing those! I really appreciate that, they look similar to how my sketches start out and lead to finished projects.

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Richforever commented almost 9 years ago

Todd, nicely done video. Thanks. Life is creative every second.

Todd Clippinger commented almost 9 years ago

Richforever – Some of the things I love about what I do is that I am always exercising creative ideas and problem solving.

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