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​Milk Paint: An Essential Tool for the Green Woodworker
How-To & DIY

Milk Paint: An Essential Tool for the Green Woodworker

I have a confession to make. After a decade of carving and green woodworking, I just tried milk paint for the first time this year. For the past three years, I have been carving intricate feathers ...

craftsmanshipTalking Woodworking with Jake Hogue

Talking Woodworking with Jake Hogue

Jacob Hogue is the founder of Oak City Woodshop, a custom woodworking company specializing in both residential and commercial work, based in Raleigh, North Carolina. Interestingly enough, Jacob’s d...

carveHow to Carve a Wooden Spoon

How to Carve a Wooden Spoon

We’ve all heard the old adage “how to make a statue of an elephant — You start with a block of marble and carve away everything that’s not an elephant.” Same rules apply for carving spoons. Carvi...

garrett wadeThe Garrett Wade Story

The Garrett Wade Story

I am well into my baby-boom years. And as I look back on many past decades – all the way back to those very early days – I think on what was important, and not important, in my development as a per...

craftsmanshipBespoke in Brogue-lyn

Bespoke in Brogue-lyn

My name is Anne Marika Verploegh Chassé.I am a shoe & bootmaker, artist and educator. I hand-make bespoke shoes and boots, made to measure for individual clients. I am Swiss and Dutch – and liv...

Carving woodHobbyist Woodworkers Unite

Hobbyist Woodworkers Unite

I'd like to introduce myself: I’m a hobbyist woodworker living in New York City. Wait, I know, bear with me here. I don’t rent studio space and I don’t own power tools, there’s no second home in th...