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Made You Look: Stronger Than Fancy, Iowa 1875
Step inside an Iowa workshop where everything — from the projects built to the techniques…
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In the summer of 2002 I got to visit Sam Maloof’s new workshop and…
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I’ve been hoarding some huge, air-dried walnut boards for over twenty years, waiting for the…
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American Elm “Ulmus Americana” Ulmus Americana was once a prominent icon of the American forest.…
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