Today’s Woodworker
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Brian Newell: East Meets West
After spending the past ten years designing and building furniture in Japan, Brian Newell has returned to the U.S.
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Craig Thibodeau: Both the Same, But Very Different
Either he crept up on woodworking, or woodworking crept up on Craig Thibodeau. One way or another, woodworking took over what started out as a career as a designer of tools and lighting.
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Dave Schweitzer: Welding Skills for Turning Treasures
Some people seem to choose careers that accurately presage their entry into woodworking. Others, like Dave Schweitzer, pick careers and hobbies that couldn’t seem further apart.
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Seth Rolland: Exploded Wood, Expanded Creativity
“My mom, who was an architect, taught me to use a hammer when I was pretty young,” Seth Rolland told me when I asked him about his earliest woodworking experiences.
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Cathy Krumrei: Face-to-Face with Logs
“For me, carving loses the world,” explained Cathy Krumrei.
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Tim Lawson: From Flights of Fancy to Practical Pedagogy
Winged elements above graceful curvilinear lines are the hallmarks of Tim Lawson’s work.
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John Thoe: How Woodworking Edged Out Knitting
Sometimes you hear the strangest stories of why people got into woodworking. Take, for example, the case of John Thoe, a European trained carver and woodworker who just barely missed heading down an entirely different path.
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Jack McDaniel: He’s Out to ‘Eliminate’ Turning Problems
Turning is fun, which is why so many woodworkers turn. Even professional woodworkers who don’t need the lathe for their regular work admit it’s the tool they turn to for pleasure.
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Michael Doerr: Chair Man of the Boards
It’s common knowledge that a good percentage of full-time furniture makers don’t like doing chairs. That’s one reason why Michael Doerr saw chair making as the perfect niche for himself.
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Fraser Smith: So That’s What They Mean by Quilted Maple!
No doubt you are wondering why you are looking at pictures of quilts. Look again. That’s carved, dyed wood.
