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A Chip Off The New Block
Issue: Issue 114 Author(s): Michael Dresdner
Chip carving, an art that used to be virtually non-existent in this country, was propelled to broader popularity partially because of Wayne Barton's passion for this craft. Read more ...
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A Class Act: John Russell
Issue: Issue 2.12 Author(s): Bob Filipczak
Most people will throw it all away for a shot at the big time to become an actor in New York. John R...
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A New Take on Laser Saws: Ken Trott
Issue: Issue 2.11 Author(s): Bob Filipczak
Okay, Norm may have his laser-guided saw, but Ken Trott uses lasers for serious woodworking. While t...
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A Renaissance Man of the Furniture Crafts
Issue: Issue 132
Having mastered a wide array of woodworking styles at the ripe age of 36, Aaron Radelow is never shies away from a project (no matter how eclectic or practical!) Read more ...
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A Solid Base: Wayne Hoffman
Issue: Issue 2.15 Author(s): Bob Filipczak
The key to good veneering, says Wayne Hoffman, is a good substrate. That's the foundation for the lo...
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Adam Crowell: the Rhythm of Woodworking
Issue: Issue 285 Author(s): by Joanna Werch Takes
Adam Crowell might have been "musical most of my life -- I was always tapping on things and stuff," but his description of his childhood experiences with his hobbyist woodworker father was that, "I was always being drug into the shop by my dad, teaching me to do certain things." Although "I didn't want to do it at the time," Adam said, "now at this point in my life, I'm grateful that he did."
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Alan Kaniarz: Modern Lines
Issue: Issue 325 Author(s): by Joanna Werch Takes
"There's something visually stimulating about the lines of modern furniture," says Alan Kaniarz.
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Alf Sharp: The Best of the Best
Issue: Issue 231 Author(s): by Michael Dresdner
The recipient of the 2008 Cartouche Award from the Society of American Period Furnituremakers was Alfred Sharp. That statement alone speaks volumes to those who know how prestigious that award is, and the quality of work for which it is awarded. Most consider it the highest honor a furniture maker can get. What’s more interesting, though, at least in my mind, is uncovering the layers of experience that get someone to that elevated state. To that end, I had a nice long chat with Alf Sharp, and it was as d...
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Alice Porembski: Where Contentment Meets Creativity
Issue: Issue 116 Author(s): Michael Dresdner
Single, twice divorced, and fifty-six, Alice Porembski is about the happiest and most contented furniture maker/designer I've interviewed, and also one of the best.
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Alice Suszynski: an Arts and Crafts Style
Issue: Issue 282 Author(s): by Joanna Werch Takes
Over three decades ago, Alice Suszynski was trying to figure out what she wanted to do with her life. These days, she's taking it in a different direction. Both stages, however, have involved woodworking.
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Amber Jean: Carving with a Western Flair
Issue: Issue 318 Author(s): by Joanna Werch Takes
Amber Jean says she started wood carving "sort of by accident." She was a college art student working in metal, who wanted to work in a larger scale but couldn't afford the materials.
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An Eye for Design: Ross Peterson
Issue: Issue 1.06 Author(s): Bob Filipczak
We don't want you to listen to Ross Peterson. He's an accomplished furniture maker and furniture des...
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An internet early bird who caught the worm
Issue: Issue 109 Author(s): Michael Dresdner
Darrell Peart, a quick thinker who jumped onto the internet bandwagon earlier than the rest of us, speaks of his woodworking and business career. Read more ...
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An Outside Link for Amish and Mennonite Craftsmen
Issue: Issue 178 Author(s): Michael Dresdner
Many years ago, I found myself with some friends in an Amish-owned store in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, looking at seed corn. The corn was coated in brightly colored purple powder, and I said
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An Uncommon Woodworker.
Issue: Issue 110 Author(s): Michael Dresdner
Joel Eckhaus discusses entertainingly strange anecdotes about his life as a musician and a woodworker with Michael Dresdner. Read more ...
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Andy Chidwick: Sitting Pretty
Issue: Issue 210
"I have a picture of me in a little shop apron when I was about five years old," Andy Chidwick told me when I asked just how far back his woodworking experience actually went. "I still have the apron, which was sewn by my mom. My father was not a woodworker, but he was the do-it-yourself sort, so I grew up using tools and helping him do things, and even worked in construction as a teen.
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Andy Pitts: Curved Work, Clients' Trees
Issue: Issue 280 Author(s): by Joanna Werch Takes
At first, "I started out building pieces very square: tables with right angles, and so forth. Then something happened -- I'm not sure what -- and I started thinking more in curves."
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Austin Clark: High-strung Wood, High-toned Sounds
Issue: Issue 207
Pick up one of Austin Clark's exquisite mandolins, turn it over in your hands and play a few notes, and you may be convinced that this is the product of a man who was destined from birth to build these fine musical instruments. The truth, though, is entirely different.
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Avner Zabari: Work with Paint and Wood
Issue: Issue 283 Author(s): by Joanna Werch Takes
Avner Zabari makes a line of about 15 to 20 pieces a year of what he considers sculpture. "A piece I make, I make it 360 degrees. Artwork is the way I see it; I don't see it as furniture."
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Bainbridge by Boat
Issue: Issue 118 Author(s): Michael Dresdner
Cecil Ross combines craft and art to create his lovely woodworking pieces. Read more ...
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Barb Siddiqui: Always Finding Time to Follow Her Dreams
Issue: Issue 3.25 Author(s): Lee Gilchrist
This modest woodworker started in the craft for practicality's sake when her kids needed small (but costly) furniture items, and it grew into a highly enjoyable, lifelong pursuit. Read more ...
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Barry Semegran: Apiary to Furniture, or How I 'Bee-came' a Woodworker
Issue: Issue 211
For Barry Semegran , it all started with bees; at least, after college. "I went to [the University of California at] San Diego to study science, but the college demanded that I take humanities as well. That opened things up for me, and I wound up studying ancient Greek philosophy. I transferred to UC Santa Barbara for their philosophy department, and did graduate work at Emory University in Atlanta. After several years, I left graduate school.
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Beautiful By Design
Issue: Issue 3.13 Author(s): Lee Gilchrist
Tony Leonard isn't big on plans ? well at least not other people's plans. When he decided to build a...
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Beth Ireland: From Gender Bias to Woodworking Excellence
Issue: Issue 172 Author(s): Michael Dresdner
Over the years, Beth Ireland has made quite a name for herself in the field of woodworking as a cabinetmaker, furniture maker, architectural turner, spiral stair maven, lathe artist and woodworking instructor and lecturer. How does she do it all?
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Bill Hylton: the Versatile Router
Issue: Issue 309 Author(s): by Joanna Werch Takes
"I have an obscene amount of routers – it might be close to 50," says Bill Hylton, the author of such well-known woodworking resources ...
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Black is Beautiful
Issue: Issue 271.5 Author(s): by Les Izmore
Mark chooses the flashiest, most heavily figured woods, like zebrawood, rosewood, cocobolo, and quilted maple, to fashion typical household furniture. What’s different about his work is that he paints all his pieces solid black.
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Bob Gasperetti: Woodworking is a Meaty Occupation
Issue: Issue 217 Author(s): Michael Dresdner
I have to admit that it is rare to hear a woodworker credit his time in a butcher shop for his precision and attention to detail in the woodshop, but that's exactly what Bob Gasperetti did when I asked him about his early influences.
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Brad Becker: Woodworking, and WJ, as Fun
Issue: Issue 259
For those of you eZine readers who are also regular readers of the Woodworker's Journal print magazine, Brad Becker may be a familiar name. The builder of several projects which have appeared in the magazine's pages over the years, Brad is also a woodworker in his day-to-day job, and as a hobby.
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Brenda Stein: A Nashville Woodturner
Issue: Issue 314 Author(s): by Joanna Werch Takes
When she began woodworking, Brenda Stein's husband had told her, "Before you know it, you're going to want a lathe."
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Brooke Coe: Dr. Seuss Furniture Comes to Life
Issue: Issue 235 Author(s): by Joanna Werch Takes
Brooke Coe’s son, aged about three at the time, helped come up with the name for Huh? Designs, her furniture and interior design company. “I was working on one of my bug tables, and I had it upside down on the bench with its legs up in the air, and I was sanding it. My son came into the garage and was like, ‘What are you doing?’ I said, ‘Oh, I’m just working on my furniture.’ He was like ‘huh’?”
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Bruce Erdman: A Woodworker Once and Again
Issue: Issue 275 Author(s): by Joanna Werch Takes
Bruce Erdman was once a professional woodworker -- and now he is again. Back in the 1970s, "the day after I graduated, it was an instant decision: the heck with teaching."
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Bryan Schoening: Coffin It Up
Issue: Issue 135 Author(s): Michael Dresdner
Bryan Schoening is indeed involved in a strange trade - his woodworking is impressive enough to be desired after death! Read more ...
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Caprice Glaser: Painting with Wood
Issue: Issue 3.05 Author(s): Lee Gilchrist
To call Caprice Glaser a woodworker might be accurate, but it's a little like calling Hemingway a ty...
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Caril Chasens: Carvings and Collages
Issue: Issue 271 Author(s): by Joanna Werch Takes
Caril Chasens lives "way up a bush road," in British Columbia, Canada. She hauls water in buckets from the creek and turns on a generator when she wants to use her computer. In large part, that locale is an important part of how she came to her present involvement with woodcarving: her back-to-the-land lifestyle involved carpentry and log building.
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Carole Rothman: Bowls on the Scroll Saw
Issue: Issue 232 Author(s): by Joanna Werch Takes
When she first began woodworking in earnest, Carole Rothman used skills honed on the sewing machine to control the band saw -- but it's her scroll saw work that she hopes creates a new genre in woodworking.
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Carter Sio: Hello, Mr. Chips
Issue: Issue 142 Author(s): Michael Dresdner
From attending George School as a student to coming back as a professor, Carter Sio has led a life full of learning, teaching, and woodworking. Read more ...
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Cathy Krumrei: Face-to-Face with Logs
Issue: Issue 198 Author(s): Michael Dresdner
"For me, carving loses the world," explained Cathy Krumrei when describing her woodworking hobby niche. "When I start to carve, I don't think of anything around me except the wood."
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Chris Bryant: Wooden Boards for the Water
Issue: Issue 288 Author(s): by Joanna Werch Takes
A few years ago, Chris Bryant was on vacation in Hawaii when his wife saw a wooden paddleboard and asked, "Do you think you could build one of those?"
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Chris Lubkemann: A Carving Career to Crow About
Issue: Issue 255 Author(s): by Joanna Werch Takes
From a childhood in the South American jungle to an Amish farm in Pennsylvania Dutch country, Chris Lubkemann has been playing with wood – and, this month, his latest book of playful creations, Tree Craft: 35 Rustic Wood Projects That Bring the Outdoors In is published, with a focus on projects made from found wood.
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Chris Yates: a Puzzling Woodworker
Issue: Issue 307 Author(s): by Matt Hocking
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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Christine Coffman: Carving Whimsy in Wood
Issue: Issue 181 Author(s): Michael Dresdner
I must admit that what first piqued my interest was Christine Coffman's disarmingly simple description of her wood carving career. "I've been carving for 44 years, since I was 12," she summed up in one short line.
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