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New class: Woodcuts with Rudy Everts

We’ve added a special class and spaces are available now: Learn How to Make Woodcuts with Rudy Everts. The class is Sunday, Nov. 24 and Monday, Nov. 25. Rudy, who is visiting from Munich, will also be filming a video on making a stick chair using nothing but feral green woodworking techniques, from log to […]

Returning to Candles After 30 Years

I started this project with the intention of recycling my kids’ old crayons into candles. It seemed like a great way to repurpose something that was just collecting dust in our house. As a former candle shop employee, I thought I had some insider knowledge that would help me create something unique and interesting. While […]

Two Stones And A Strop, part 3

The portable leather sharpening kit rolled up. (Go back to part 2) Here I’ll show how to make the portable leather sharpening kit. Leather is a good material for this because it’s tough, flexible, easy to work with, and stiff enough to keep things steady on the bench in use. The leather I used is […]