The most "Woody" commercial you’ve ever seen
I have said it before in this blog, actually just a few weeks ago: Japanese have an affinity to perfect everything and take it to a new level. Even a [...]
Why we should teach our children Woodworking in school
Doug Stowe is one of the greatest proponents of Woodworking education in America. In this short video he lays out a compelling case for children to learn woodworking in schools: Woodworking is a [...]
The secrets of Japanese wooden toothpicks
While visiting New York's Greenwich Village neighborhood this afternoon, I entered a Japanese American pop-up store that sells amazing chocolates and other [...]
Visiting an Israeli Luthier
While visiting Israel during the holidays, I paid a visit to the shop of Yaron Naor. Yaron is one of a few craftspeople who has mastered the art of Oud, Lute, and mandoline making. Building a [...]
A woodworker character is born on TV’s Portlandia
Everyone knows Portlandia as the quintessential showcase of Hipster culture. Part of becoming a hipster involves striving toward some sort of self reliance or at least dexterity of [...]
Gun control and the trajectory of a furniture project: Artillery table en route to Baltimore
My friend Jake Wright is a very talented maker-designer. He creates graphic and web design, exquisite furniture, and is a skilled woodworker welder. Jake is perhaps best known for incorporating [...]
Turned wood teapot to be included in an upcoming show at the Fuller Craft Museum Part 3
In my last post I mentioned how I completed the piece and brought it to the gallery. The gallery owner looked at the teapot and seemed surprised, explaining that she [...]
Turned wood teapot, to be included in an upcoming show at the Fuller Craft Museum Part 2
My last entry focused on the fortuitous way I found the raw material and tracked the design process. This time I will show how I created the teapot. First, I glued together the [...]
Turned wood teapot, to be included in an upcoming show at the Fuller Craft Museum Part 1
Some of you might be wondering if a real teapot be made of wood. The truthful answer is, unfortunately, no. Wood is obviously not the best container for hot water. Therefore, the piece that I [...]
Thoughts about Krenov-style wooden planes
I spent the last two weeks of 2012 in Israel interviewing woodworkers, touring shops, and visiting places of interest to us furniture makers that I never even knew existed. I am very [...]
Jackie Chins Mah-Jong game table
Jackie Chin’s is one of my students at 3rdWard Brooklyn. She is an electronic engineer by trade, who developed a love affair with woodworking. In a recent class she took with me [...]
You MUST see this exhibition at the Metropolitan Museum of Art
I just came back from one of the most fantastic exhibitions I have ever seen. "Extravagant Inventions, The Princely Furniture of the Roentgens" showcases [...]
