Just a reminder that we’ll be throwing the doors open (metaphorically – it’s too hot to actually do that) on Saturday, July 29, from 10 a.m.-5 p.m. for our 2023 Summer Open House. We’ll be selling our complete line of products, signing books and – most of all – talking about woodworking. And exciting news:…
Read moreThe two paragraphs below are excerpted from Anna-Rhesa Versola’s article in Chatham Magazine on the closing of The Woodwright’s School and what’s next for Roy Underhill. Click here to read the article in its entirety. “Roy’s sense of wonder is part of his charm, delighting anyone who will listen with stories about the connected past,…
Read moreThe following is just a small taste from Jögge Sundqvist’s lastest book, “Karvsnitt: Carving, Pattern & Color in the Slöjd Tradition,” newly available in English. Cutting patterns and symbols in wood, and enhancing them with vibrant color, are folk traditions kept alive in the slöjd craft. Through decorations imbued with meaning, chip carving has given…
Read more“Standard” lump hammers are now back in stock (that is, the ones without any engraving). With 2.2 pounds of hardened-steel heft in the head, the Crucible Lump Hammer is the perfect tool for knocking large and/or recalcitrant things together and apart, plus it does a fine job of breaking up chocolate (after first placing said…
Read moreThe following is by Andy Brownell of Brownell Furniture. As a part-time furniture maker, I’ve been lucky enough to have two good things come my way by living in Cincinnati. I’m a 20-minute drive in one direction from Lost Art Press and in the other from M. Bohlke Corp., a Greater Cincinnati lumber and veneer…
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