I've had a few of these, but never quite realised how weird they could be with the item system compared to DF. Also never quite watched the Mad Artisan at work either. First couple were a Stained Glass window and...a simple chair I think? Current game though, actually watched. And realised the carpenter was collecting Fungus Stew (maybe 3?), and turned them into....a Leyden Pistol locker. On something like day 10. She had another episode a few days later, and with a crate of pickled fungus (All fungus turns black when pickled somehow) and some glass panes, created Sulfur tonic. Anyone else have good workbench stories?
It's difficult to witness... u_u As I remember, one time the carpenter went around collecting sulphur and sphalerite. From what I could make out of my inventory, I think she made a forbidden artefact, the little pyramid...
The next patch will tell you what was made. This is finished on the dev version already and will be shipped out with the next experimental!
During a brief moment of break, I observed a whispering wokrbench event from close up: planks + Farmer's stew = Boxed Grinder. Not bad at all!
