A few months back, Daniel Ackermann, Chief Curator and Director of Collections, Research and Archeology at the Museum of Early Southern Decorative Arts, sent a note inviting me to give a presentation at the museum’s March 17-19 conference. As someone who was diagnosed with an incurable condition typically associated with a short prognosis, I replied…
Read moreEvery so often it’s good to remind yourself that despite all the stuff that’s going, well, let’s say less swimmingly than we would prefer, plenty of other things are getting better. When I started woodworking in 1980, there were few other women to be found among furniture makers in rural English shops. I certainly didn’t…
Read moreMark just retired from a career as a carpenter and general contractor, so what better way to commemorate the transition than by turning our own home into a construction site with a full-blown remodel of our bathroom? This potential marriage breaker domestic disruption has been a long time coming. It was prompted by our recognition…
Read moreLost Art Press had an early visit from St. Nicholas in the form of a comment on “Shop Tails” from Nick Offerman. It’s not every day that you find a gem in your inbox from Ron Swanson this thespian, author, singer-songwriter, lover of sheep and shepherds, all-around good guy and builder of canoes and ukuleles,…
Read more“When I was at school, woodworking was where the bad kids were sent.” — Mario Rodriguez When you reach a certain age, it’s common to observe that people who have been fixtures in your personal woodworking pantheon have become less visible. As a reader of Fine Woodworking since the early 1990s, I’ve long associated the…
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