Ever since my days as a student of furniture making, I have been intrigued by the Compass Star or as some say, Compass Rose inlay. As a student, I remember spending many a spare moment at the Museum of Fine Arts in ... Read more
We held our Guild summer meeting last Saturday, June 25th at my shop in Ryegate. The weather was nice and several members made the long journey to the Northeast Kingdom (or Southern Canada as some might say!) for ... Read more
I just finished this table yesterday and am now sitting and waiting for the shippers to get here to take it to California. Ok, I am working on the computer. You caught me.Below is a shot of the table with the end ... Read more
I just heard some shocking news about a man who fell into an upholstery machine. He's now fully recovered. ... Read more
Well, my carved "Taffy" theme continues. I just completed a commission for a couple in Texas, for a wall hung coat rack in carved and painted cherry, that takes the carved taffy concept of my mirror frames, tables and ... Read more
I have a hole in my work schedule due to needed mattress dimensions from a client, so this gave me a chance to get a project done on time for another client's desired delivery date for their party. So far, I am on ... Read more
Happy Halloween! Here's a photo of a giant candy corn bed my teacher and mentor Doug Sigler made. Doug is a master craftsman and professor emeritus from RIT, trained by Tage Frid in the early 60's. I slept in the bed ... Read more
A bunch of Guild members spent the weekend in Woodstock at the Fine Furniture and Woodworking Festival on Sept 25 and 26. We had a group booth that included work of around 15 members and a handful of members ... Read more
Below is an invitation to a great show that we are putting on beginning July 9.It should be a bunch of great work.My piece is below.To see more of this piece go to my website and take a look at my What's New page.We ... Read more
Right now, I have four custom Windsor benches underway. Pictured above is one of the bench blanks having one of its legs holes drilled. In the past, I have used small hand held drill angle jigs to drill ... Read more
