Arts & Mysteries

My Sister in law Sally wanted to do something, to help her Mother who is suffering with Parkinson’s disease. Sally is a Broadway singer, actress, and despite her athletic family,...

There are a couple different configurations of period joined stools and formes. The forme I made recently features a lower stretcher that connects the legs. This is a standard English...

I really appreciate the overwhelming response I received from my tool offerings. Thank you all so much for your interest and support. It really means a lot to me personally....

As you will soon learn in your favorite magazine, I am building a chippendale chair. So naturally I’m looking at as many chairs as possible. I’ve had the opportunity to...

I’ve been offering my sense of the changing world of reproduction furniture making for a few years now. I won’t repeat it here accept to say yesterday’s reproductions probably [...]

As many of you know, I demonstrate early woodwork at Pennsbury Manor. We were visited a few weeks ago by a reporter from a local newspaper who wanted to see...

I’ve been working on making chisels for close to 9 months now. I’ve finally made up a number of sets for review. As comments come back, I’ll make some final...

One of the unique things about Popular Woodworking’s Arts and Mysteries column is that it has long, sometimes year long, series. Let’s face it. Woodworking magazines have been in print...

To hear Chris Schwarz describe it, writing for Popular Woodworking meant endless parties and very little “real” work. Now in my fourth year, I find it more similar to a...

I’m making a few tools for sale. I just want to say, that I’m thrilled Mike Dunbar is writing for PW. Have you been reading his articles? I think he...

I just got my copy of “Early American Life” magazine in which I was listed in the “Directory of Traditional American Crafts”. I was included in the “Furniture, [...]

Sea Captain James MacPherson built Mount Pleasant to ensure his ascention into a social class to which he was not born. The building’s carved interior may be ostentatious to some....