Joanna Werch Takes
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2019 Online Exhibition of Turned and Sculpted Wood
Wood Symphony, an online gallery, is currently displaying its fourth annual curated exhibition of woodturnings and sculpture, featuring 140 works by 60 artists.
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Spring Cleaning
It’s time for spring cleaning in the Woodworker’s Journal offices. How about in your shops? Have you unearthed anything cool?
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Betty Scarpino: An Update on Her Woodturning
Betty Scarpino, a former woodturning columnist for Woodworker’s Journal, is part of a current Indianapolis exhibition — that’s just one thing she’s done with her woodturning and carving.
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Stick Envy
Joanna’s dog’s envious reaction to spring stick cleanup inspires her to wonder whether woodworkers are also envious of others’ projects made from “big sticks.”
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Carole Rothman: Woodworker’s Journal’s Scroll Saw Expert
Ten years after first appearing in the Woodworker’s Journal Weekly, Carole Rothman is now writing a column about scroll sawing for Woodworker’s Journal.
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Dave Bossert Wrote the Book on Disney Animation Furniture
Dave Bossert has written a book about the specialty animation furniture 20th century designer Kem Weber created for Disney Studios.
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Ramon Gibbs: “Jewelry Furniture,” Done His Way
Ramon Gibbs makes what he calls “jewelry furniture,” creating the curves on his band saw boxes with no more than two grits of sandpaper.
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Valentine’s Day: A Woodworker’s Gift-giving Occasion?
Joanna wonders whether woodworkers’ loved ones get gifts from the shop for Valentine’s Day — and, if so, whether those are really belated Christmas presents.
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John Murphy: Working Wooden Vehicle Models
John Murphy, a woodworker in Ireland, builds realistic models of vehicles and construction equipment, with moving parts.
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Nicole Kenefic: Design and Engineering Leads to Woodworking Shop
Nicole Kenefic runs a custom woodworking shop in Indiana, drawing on her background in both engineering and interior design.