The Cremation Urn Returns
Recently, I was contacted by a customer to whom I had sold an urn. She wanted to spread the remains of her partner after the ceremony ...
Dovetails
I learned to cut dovetails by hand a year and a half ago. It seemed daunting, but with perseverance and cutting many ugly practice pieces...
The Beauty of Bent Laminations
Wood is bent by cutting thin strips—most often between 1/16 to 1/8 inches thick. It is then shaped by either steam and then placed into a...
Woodworking Design Elements
Incorporating Decorative Plugs in Tea Boxes There are countless ways to craft handmade artistic wooden boxes. The simplest form, a box...
Exotic Elm
An artisan woodworker's thoughts on the beauty of elm in cremation urns.
A Woodworker's Notes on Creativity
A woodworker's notes on the creative process. Reflections on inspiration and ideas for fine woodworking cremation urns, tea boxes, custo
The Sacredness of Ashes
Soon after I began selling my handmade artistic wooden boxes online, I had a request to make four small boxes, all identical, for use as...
The Seduction of Sycamore
Sycamore trees lined the tree lawns along my street in Cleveland Heights, Ohio. One year their bark began to shed excessively, and I...
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