Today’s Woodworker
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Norman Pirollo: The Refined Edge of White Mountain
Visit the web site of Refined Edge Furniture Design, and you’ll see some beautifully handcrafted furniture. Mosey on over to White Mountain Design, and you are likely to get a strange feeling of déjà vu as you peer at lovely handmade boxes and hand planes.
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Michael Keller: The Eagle Has Landed
Browse Michael Keller’s eclectic mix of wood carvings, and you will conclude immediately that here is a man with reverence for wood, and the ability to draw the mysticism from it.
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Jennifer Shirley: Hoosier Favorite Turner
As a working single mother with a teenaged son, Jennifer Shirley already has a lot to juggle. As everyone knows, juggling takes balance and, after all, what is more balanced than a lathe?
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Quick and Dirty Boat Building Competition
Imagine a competition where three-person teams must build a boat, put it in the water and race it, all within a seven-hour period; where one goal of the race organizers is to have as many boats sink as possible; and where one of the prize categories, announced in advance, is for “Best Bribe to the Judges.”
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Paul Birkey: A Whole in the Water Surrounded by Wood
“My whole working career has been centered around the waterfront,” confessed Paul Birkey, the owner of Belina Interiors.
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Creating a Bed and Breakfast with a Craftsman Touch
Wander down the Pacific coast of Oregon and, if you are lucky, and tired, you might chance upon a delightful bed and breakfast with a decidedly Arts and Crafts flair.
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Hammering Out a Woodworking Business, With Lots of Strings Attached
Freemont is home to Dusty Strings, an enigmatic acoustic music store that is a primary outlet for the magnificent Celtic harps and hammered dulcimers made by owners Sue and Ray Mooers and their crew.
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The School in Rose Valley
Tucked away in a corner of Pennsylvania not far from Philadelphia is a small private school that takes in students as young as three and goes up through sixth grade.
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An Expatriate Muscovite Takes the Carving World by Storm
In 1999, woodcarver Leonid Zakurdayev and his wife, Svetlana, left their home in Moscow to visit some friends in Canada.
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Judy Threet: The Art of Guitar Making
Judy Threet’s website, Threet Guitars, proudly boasts “From my hands to yours,” and truer words were never written.
