Wednesday, March 11, 2009

Wood craft hobby

Weekend art festival holds a natural attraction - San Diego Union Tribune

Weekend art festival holds a natural attraction
San Diego Union Tribune, CA
Geuy wasn't a stranger to woodworking when she took up carving. She had been into some sort of crafts or woodwork for most of her life. Thirty years ago she worked with colors and shapes to make quilts and applique wall hangings, and for the past 17 ...


Lynden furniture-maker is self-taught - Lynden Tribune

Lynden furniture-maker is self-taught
Lynden Tribune, WA
Klassen left Lynden Door to pursue his interest in woodworking, and, before long, he found himself employed as a cabinetmaker and remodeler for the next three years of his life. “After college, I began a sort of personal study of all things woodworking ...


Weaving away the weekend - News-Herald.com

Weaving away the weekend
News-Herald.com, OH
"It's a really neat craft to learn and expand on." Fred Kohler, of Fort Wayne, Ind., loves woodworking, but never tried basket weaving until 16 years ago, when his wife picked up the hobby. Kohler is now an instructor at WinterWeave and specializes in ...


Artisans praise Tamarack’s positive reputation - Beckley Register-Herald

Artisans praise Tamarack’s positive reputation
Beckley Register-Herald, WV
She and her husband started their woodworking business out of necessity, she said. The two were unemployed coal miners with no formal business education. They took a hobby and turned it into a business, but it wasn’t until Tamarack came along that they ...


Woodturner hopes to make hobby his full-time job - ThisWeekNews

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Woodturner hopes to make hobby his full-time job
ThisWeekNews, OH
I want to be good, not for a blind personI want to be good." DeVendra started working with a lathe four years ago. He has always had an affinity for woodwork and said he simply fell into woodturning. But staying with the craft wasn't easy. ...


Winter visitors drawn to EV by recreation - MSNBC

Winter visitors drawn to EV by recreation
MSNBC
"I've always liked woodworking," said Freer, who lives part-time in Mesa Spirit RV Resort when he's not at his other home, located in Washington state. Fellow Washington resident and business owner Margaret Robinson said her passion for many years has ...