Today’s Woodworker
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Brenda Stein: A Nashville Woodturner
Although her current focus is on woodturning, Brenda Stein considers that her adult interest in woodworking started a little over 15 years ago.
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Steve Tomashek: Whimsical Whittlings (of the Wee Variety)
While growing up as the youngest of seven children, Steve Tomashek “always looked at my eldest brother as ‘the artist,’ so, while I was always creative, I didn’t think much of it. It was nothing out of the ordinary in our household.”
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Ted Golbuff: An Eye on Recycled Wood Sources
Ted Golbuff is a woodworker who has also designed studio furniture for a public radio station. For instance, he’s done some shoji screens, and some of what he calls “hockey Serving Traystick furniture.”
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Omar Angel Perez: Another Dimension to Woodworking
Although Omar Angel Perez had been doing woodworking “on the side” since college, it was after being part of a recession-related downsizing a few years ago that he became a full-time woodworker.
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John Yarema: From Fixer-Upper to Fabulous Floors
Years ago, John Yarema and his wife bought a house. “The only thing we could find that we both liked was an old one-room schoolhouse.”
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Bill Hylton: the Versatile Router
“I have an obscene amount of routers – it might be close to 50,” says Bill Hylton.
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Nancy Rourke: A (Woodworker’s Journal) Winning Woodturner
Nancy turned a couple of bowls back in the 1970s with a Sears lathe she picked up for $10 or $15 at an auction, but it was after her retirement that she got serious about turning.
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Chris Yates: a Puzzling Woodworker
Chris Yates has been woodworking for what he figures to be around 18 years, from his early days of building sets for high school plays to studying at the Rhode Island School of Design.
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Ernie Conover: Woodturning, with an Appreciation for History
If you’re a woodturner, you’ve likely heard the name Ernie Conover.
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Jim Arnold: A King of Chess Sets
Jim Arnold estimates he has made between 32,000 and 33,000 different chess set pieces.
