Author Archives: Kara Uhl

Mary May Opens a New Woodcarving School In the Ozarks

Mary May, author of “Carving the Acanthus Leaf,” has long offered woodcarving classes via Mary May’s School of Traditional Woodcarving. Mary offers membership to an online video school, video courses and video lessons. Now, she’s offering in-person classes in her new school, which overlooks the Lake of the Ozarks in Missouri. For more than 20…

Read more

Mind Upon Mind: Bevel Kebab

Editor’s note: Our Mind Upon Mind series is a nod to a 1937 Chips from the Chisel column (also featured in “Honest Labour: The Charles H. Hayward Years”), in which Hayward wrote, “The influence of mind upon mind is extraordinary.” The idea being there’s often room for improvement. To that end, we’ve asked you what else you have…

Read more

Learn More About Dick Proenneke’s Life on ‘The Wild Dispatch’

Robin Warman, host of “The Wild Dispatch,” has spent several episodes talking with Monroe Robinson, author of “The Handcrafted Life of Dick Proenneke.” Recently, Monroe and his wife, K. Schubeck, invited Robin and his wife, Hanneke, over for sourdough pancakes, made using Dick’s very own sourdough starter. Watching the episode is an invitation to join…

Read more

Mind Upon Mind: Shaping a Backrest

Editor’s note: Our Mind Upon Mind series is a nod to a 1937 Chips from the Chisel column (also featured in “Honest Labour: The Charles H. Hayward Years”), in which Hayward wrote, “The influence of mind upon mind is extraordinary.” The idea being there’s often room for improvement. To that end, we’ve asked you what else you have…

Read more

Mind Upon Mind: Aging a Chair

Editor’s note: Our Mind Upon Mind series is a nod to a 1937 Chips from the Chisel column (also featured in “Honest Labour: The Charles H. Hayward Years”), in which Hayward wrote, “The influence of mind upon mind is extraordinary.” The idea being there’s often room for improvement. To that end, we’ve asked you what else you have…

Read more
1 2 3 4 15