While working with Dave Fisher last summer I got to try out his  Bowl Horse .  It pinches the workpiece rather than clamping it like a tradi...

I came across a provocative article on the American Craft Council's website recently by  Harriete Estel Berman.   Here are a few cho...

I am struggling a bit with oil finishes these days. I have been experimenting for a while with warm oil baths.  I have two crock pots (not...

From left to right, apple, apple and rhododendron. The apple is getting pretty tough to carve, and splits are opening up at inopp...

I have found a lot written about axe handles on the internet these days, especially posts about grain orientation.  For example, British bla...

Here is my my youngest daughter's new eating spoon.  Maple, tooled finish, chip carved and kolrosed, soaked in warm walnut oil and beesw...

My daughter Hannah said something wise while learning to snowboard this winter: "Dad," she said, "sometimes when you fall dow...