The Soul of a Tree: A Master Woodworker's Reflections Paperback – January 1, 2012

This book will be a Christmas gift for my son-in-law. He is an architect and has aspirations of designing his own furniture someday. They have visited New Hope, Pennsylvania and love the history of the town. The photos in the book are beautiful and the information about George Nakashima so very interesting. It will make a great gift!

Haven't finished the complete book yet, but it is very well written and extremely interesting. Already learned a few things I did not know before. Really well written and easy to read. Love the pictures as well.

Beautiful book, fascinating person

I read about this book when someone posted a quote from it on Facebook and spoke about this woodworker. I ordered it as a gift for a friend of mine who is an artistic woodworker and when I opened it I was very surprised at how stunning the book is. It's larger, like a 'coffee table' book. I highly recommend this as a gift for any talented woodworker. It can only be purchased used, it appears. I found a 'very good' copy and it is.

Perfect gift from my husband to my dad

Received as a gift & then purchased another book for a friend

This is a great book if you’re looking for info on George Nakashima‘s philosophy on building furniture. If you’re looking for a book jampacked with photos of his work, this definitely isn’t it. There are a lot of hand sketches of his, and random drawings, but surprisingly few photos of his work. One would think that a book about a furniture maker would have a lot of photos of said furniture, like Sam Maloofs book, but that isn’t the case. In fact I found far more photos of his work in a random auction book published in 2019 than this book about the man himself. In that regard, it’s disappointing.

I bought this book for my husband who has taken up woodworking. He has said he really appreciates the gift - wonderful information on the wood (and trees) and the art of creating the various products.I have enjoyed reading it for the values and attitudes basic to Japanese art.