Working wood is a labor of love for me. I admire the trees that provide this unique and ever-changing resource. I love the tools that allow us to shape lumber...
This is a sweet little video about a Japanese woodturner and the traditional wooden dolls that he makes. His technique of plugin the dolls' head into their body is something...
During the second world war steel became a rare commodity. In fact, many metals became rationed for certain applications and this led engineers to revisit the use of "older" [...]
(Gil, with a plane in his hands, standing in his shop located near Jerusalem, Israel) Gil Arad is an Israeli furniture maker, a teacher and a designer. In a recent...
Birthing chair? Until a week ago I never heard of such a thing. In the spirit of, "you learn something new everyday," I learned about birthing chairs when my friend...
Studio furniture maker Liz Koerner is a recent graduate of the Core program at Penland School of Crafts in North Carolina. In 2012 she took my Campaign furniture class where...
David Ebner is a master furniture maker from Long Island, New York. I saw one of his elegant console tables in The Salon: Art + Design in Manhattan a few...
In June 2012 I taught a furniture design class at Penland School of Crafts in North Carolina. Penland is a fantastic place with the best facilities, staff, students, and perhaps...
I stumbled upon this short film today and I am confident you will enjoy watching it (perhaps with one reservation which I'll explain below). It was created in Canada in...
While visiting the Boules in preparing to write the article, I noticed impressive marble slides awaiting final assembly and a touch of a finish. I asked them to tell me...
