When Welsh chairmaker John Brown put down roots in Pembrokeshire, Wales, he and his wife, Anne, lived in two railway cars – Fyffes Banana wagons – that had transported fruit around the U.K. up until the 1950s. The railway cars were used as living spaces for many years, until the 1990s when they fell into…
Read moreWhitney Miller, the author of “Henry Boyd’s Freedom Bed” was featured in a solid story this weekend about black craftspeople on the show “Matter of Fact with Soledad O’Brien.” Watch the whole segment here. In addition to Whitney, the story highlights our friend Jerome Bias and discusses his work to try to correct the history…
Read moreIt’s a crude and obvious joke, but what do you do with all the extra kinda-crappy chair parts and chunks of waste that are piling up in your shop? Make stools. Ever since I began making chairs, I also began designing and making a lot of stools using the leftover chair parts. While simple vernacular…
Read moreWe have now opened the floor for woodworking questions this morning. Every Saturday, I post a new blog entry that calls for your questions. You can write them in the comments section below. I’ll do my best to answer them. Please read the following before you post a comment. I reserve the right to ignore…
Read moreAfter carving 106 of these spell panels for “The American Peasant,” Megan painted all of them with three colors of Allback linseed oil paint – Holkham Green, Old Red and Old Blue. The stuff takes 24 to 48 to dry. And we let the panel sit around for a full week to really harden. The…
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