It may seem odd that someone writing about artisanal woodworking would focus first on the effect wood has on the one fashioning with it. Wood strikes many people as inert – unmoving and unchanging, passive, waiting for our touch to bring it to beauty. This is a deep misunderstanding of the relation between wood and woodworker. In the process of

These species of wood – by no means an exhaustive list – tend to be the major pieces of my design palette.

No matter how simple or seemingly elementary the task, doing it properly takes practice and skill.

In remodeling our living space our game depends upon our mechanics.