Today’s Woodworker
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Mike McGlynn: A Woodworker Who’ll Be Missed
Readers of the Woodworker’s Journal print magazine over the years likely recall seeing, every so often, a project done with stunning detail in the style of Arts and Crafts era masters Greene and Greene.
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Christine Coffman: Carving Whimsy in Wood
I must admit that what first piqued my interest was Christine Coffman’s disarmingly simple description of her wood carving career.
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Charles Neil: Southern Innovation is his Answer to Yankee Ingenuity
Ask most woodworkers to name the one thing they dislike about furniture making, and there is a good chance they will answer “finishing.”
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Connie Slagle: Need a House? Get a Shovel
Most woodworkers start small, perhaps building a jewelry box, and in a sense Connie Slagle started that way, too.
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An Outside Link for Amish and Mennonite Craftsmen
Many years ago, I found myself with some friends in an Amish-owned store in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, looking at seed corn….
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Steve and Sherry Brunner: The “Johnny Appleseeds” of Costa Rica
Back in 1797, just 20 years after America declared its independence from Britain, John Chapman started planting orchards of apple…
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Dennis Zongker: Living at the Intersection of Vocation and Avocation
Most people who choose woodworking as a hobby do so at least in part because of the contrast between it and their day jobs.
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David Hurwitz: Taffy Mirrors and Twisted Spoons
Some of us get our first taste of woodworking at a late stage in life, but furniture maker and designer David…
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Janet Collins: A Winding Path to Traditional Furniture
“When I was in high school in Massachusetts, girls could not take shop,” Janet Collins told me.
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An Articulate Geppetto Crafting Articulated Dolls
Imagine a place where you could order a handmade wooden doll with fully moveable limbs that looks like anyone you choose.
