We recently journeyed to Warren, Maine to visit with Thomas Lie-Nielsen. Growing up he was immersed in a culture of boat builders and makers of all types. Thomas tells us how he became a maker of some of the most coveted fine woodworking hand tools made today in our “Moment with a Master!” Fine Woodworking(…)
Ronald (Ronnie) Young has spent his life building amazing projects. From nuclear power plants to period furniture, Ronnie works at the highest levels of the art. He is the 2016 recipient of the Society of American Period Furniture Makers prestigious “Cartouche Award.” Ronnie tells his story and teaches us his method for creating beautiful paterae(…)
MOMENT WITH A MASTER: Warren May will soon have made and sold 18K beautiful dulcimers in his Berea, KY shop. To call Warren the “King of the Dulcimer” would not be a stretch! Warren also builds beautifully proportioned Kentucky furniture from his locally harvested cherry and walnut. Listen to Warren as he plays you a tune, sings(…)
Moment with a Master: Sabiha Mujtaba’s woodworking is extraordinarily beautiful and organic. Her many influences come alive and look alive in her work. A chair’s backrest becomes a snake, while a blanket carved from wood adorns a bench. Sabiha is not only an artist she is an excellent teacher. Hear her story and find out(…)
This special episode of “The Highland Woodworker” is all about Henry O. Studley, the man, the tool collection and his famous tool chest. Chris Schwarz and Don Williams discuss what we know and don’t know about Studley — the person and the genesis of the tools and his hand built chest. With accompanying photographs by(…)
MOMENT WITH A MASTER: Peter Galbert is a specialty toolmaker, teacher, sketch artist, author and an authority in Windsor chairmaking! He shares his wonderful story, and shows us how he splits out oak bows and spindles! You’ve got to see this! FEATURE: Handworks 2015 — Christopher Schwarz said it best when he described it as,(…)
