Persistence (and a crazy mother) can help. by Elia Bizzarri page 64 from the November 2011 issue I slept on a cot in the loft of the shop, cooked on a portable burner, and walked my dirty dishes through the garden to the basement sink. Curtis Buchanan walked in at seven one morning to discover white splotches on a pair of freshly painted chairs waiting to be delivered. Oatmeal-water splotches. […]
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I’ll begin with the top-notch U.S.-made hammers that were introduced to the market in recent years. Kings County Cabinetmaker’s Hammer At the top of the list stands the Gramercy Tools “Kings County” hammer. This is a 9.5 oz tool that looks like the Victorian ancestor of both the French/German and the Warrington hammers (that I wrote about here). Graham Haydon tells me that in the U.K., it resembles the Exeter […]
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Two weeks ago I managed to spend a few hours at the Celebration of Craftsmanship & Design in Cheltenham, an impressive display of bespoke furniture makers both young and seasoned. Contemporary English furniture always makes my head shift gears. Most of the stuff I see in America has roots in traditional design. But in England they are much more likely to go for broke with their designs. Some succeed; some […]
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For the last two weeks I’ve been teaching a course and talking a class in veneering at David Savage’s school and workshop, which sits on a farm in rural Devon. It is an inspiring place where amateurs and professionals hone their skills to the highest level – piston-fit drawers, London-pattern dovetails, drawing, design, veneering and French polishing. And unlike many places I’ve taught, the makers there make no distinction between […]
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Welcome to episode #4 of Makers & Shakers, a show that highlights people shaking it up in the world of woodworking, art, metal, crafts and building.
The New Bandsaw Box Book by David Picciuto
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Welcome to episode #4 of Makers & Shakers, a show that highlights people shaking it up in the world of woodworking, art, metal, crafts and building.
The New Bandsaw Box Book by David Picciuto
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