One of the myths with which a craftsperson who is also a business person must abide is that they do all that they do for love. After all, it’s art in a way, and artists are driven by an inner force that must be aired,…

Attached to this post is a picture of a door for a cabinet I’m building. It is sanded, unfinished and unglued. This is a stage of building furniture that I consider very important: fitting before glue-up. If everything doesn’t fit properly and I’ve already applied…

The cats that landed on my doorstep about a year ago have brought me into an infestation: fleas! For awhile the shop has looked like a bad film with everything blurry and moving. The cats themselves have become flea-bitten. What a scene. Last night Eric,…

Many people seem to see the life of a craftsperson/artist as one of freedom from routine. Their idea is that, when we do wAhat we love, there is a freedom that loosens our bonds from following the same pathways day after day. This has not…

The farther I go, the behinder I get.” A lot of the time that seems to be the mark of my progress in my craft. I just finished a mahogany credenza. It took a long time to complete, partly because I was also wrestling with…