Wedge Workshop

American Woodworker Editors AW130, Interviews, People and Places, Skilled Woodworker, Workshop, Workshop Tour

I built my wedge-shaped workshop twelve years ago. It’s 470 square feet, which is too small, as every woodworker knows, but my options were limited, because the shop had to fit between my house and garage. I love how the …
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Woodworking in America: Alexis Dolese

Collin Knoff 50 States 50 Woodworkers, Interviews, People and Places, women in woodworking, Woodworking in America

We’re interviewing makers from across the country. Today we’re featuring Alexis Dolese, a furniture maker and woodworking instructor from Montana. How did you get started woodworking? Who were your mentors? I grew up in a family of woodworkers. My dad,…

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Woodworking in America: Fireweed Community Woodshop

Collin Knoff 50 States 50 Woodworkers, Diversity In Woodworking, Interviews, People and Places, Woodworking in America

We’re interviewing makers from across the country. Today we’re speaking with Jess Hirsch about Fireweed Community Woodshop in Minneapolis, Minnesota. How did Fireweed Community Woodshop get started? Were there certain people that inspired its creation?…

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Woodworking in America: Chris Davis

Collin Knoff 50 States 50 Woodworkers, Interviews, People and Places, Woodworking in America

We’re interviewing makers from across the country. Today we’re featuring Chris Davis, a shop teacher at Henry Ford II high school in Michigan. How did you get started woodworking? I got started in woodworking at a young age with my …
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Second-Story Shop

American Woodworker Editors AW151, Interviews, My Shop, Workshop, Workshop Tour

Basements aren’t recommended in this part of North Carolina, and our lot was too small for a detached shop. That meant my woodworking was either going to have to dodge cars in the garage—or I could turn the space above …
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