Anyone who creates a woodworking piece to be publicly displayed and judged deserves recognition for the effort. Especially when the audience will include the critical eyes of fellow woodworkers. continue reading
Not only are these bamboo phone cases really good looking, they are a great example of user-generated design.
On a visit to the Chicago Historical Society during the 1990′s there were two items in a Civil War gallery that stuck with me. One was the bed Abraham Lincoln died in, and the other was a giant wooden chain made of interlocking links carved by a prisoner of war.
A beautiful shelf can get unsightly when loaded with books and begins to sag. This shelf invites the sag and uses the books to maintain a straight horizontal line.
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Peter Schuyff carves intricate designs into bats and pencils. continue reading
Inspired by the ready-to-assemble dinosaur skeleton kits comes this articulated table lamp.
The beginning of a new year notes the continual passage of time, and to hep visual that passage here is a digital clock with wooden numbers that was updated for 24 hours straight. continue reading