Today’s Woodworker
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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.
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How James Van Etten Paved His Way to a Woodworking Career
Today, Jim Van Etten is a highly respected furniture designer and builder with a great following, critical acclaim and plenty of work for his four-man shop, Furniture by Design.
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Giles Gilson: Renegade Paint Junkie
Imagine how wood turning and sculpture might look if made by a renegade paint junkie from a flash hot rod shop and you’ll have a sense of what comes from the fertile mind and deft hands of Giles Gilson.