I recently completed a job that was quite unique. Brad Nietert and Matt Behrens, furniture makers here in Charleston, SC came to my shop several months ago to discuss the possibility of making 12 chairs based on a 1850’s Georgian cockfighting chair. Historically, these chairs were constructed so the spectator sits in the chair backwards […]
I have had the great honor of carving the wonderful Creche scene – often referred to as the Nativity – Joseph, Mary and the baby Jesus. I will be delivering this on Friday to Mepkin Abbey for their Creche Festival and I still have a few days of fussing with the finish. Throughout the carving […]
The most students I have had in my workshop at one time is 7 (Charles Neil and gang). I had to clear out areas in my shop that had not seen light for a very long time in order to find a place for them all. This past class wasn’t nearly as crowded, but I […]
A friend of mine in Summerville, SC, Tom Timm, is selling off much of his 32 year collection of genuine mahogany. He has some beautiful wood 1 inch to 5 inches thick, 20 to 38 inches wide. So if you have a dream of making that tilt-top tea table, this might be the place to find that perfect board for […]
We just had a wonderfully successful week at Woodworking in America in Cincinnati. I taught on “How to Bring Life to Leaves” and “Linenfold”. My husband, Stephen, came with me. I find it fascinating that I can comfortably teach 40 or 50 complete strangers, but if my husband is in the room, I get all flustered and […]
I have a wonderful commission that I have been working on. It is a Nativity set (Creche) for Mepkin Abbey, in Moncks Corner, SC. Every Christmas they have a wonderful Creche festival with many different hand-made Creche scenes made in a variety of materials. If you are in SC in November and December, I would […]
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