Out of the Woodwork
Filling a big need
Written by Jennifer Hicks Monday, 14 November 2011 00:00
Elia Tan started GiantChess.com in 2001 because there were no giant wooden chess sets available over the Internet, only plastic ones.
East meets West
Written by Jennifer Hicks Monday, 17 October 2011 00:00
Chandler 4 Corners, a home furnishings company based in Manchester, Vt., is gaining sales and attention with a new furniture line launched earlier this year. Established in 1991, the company is an importer and wholesaler of hand-hooked wool rugs and pillows. Now it also offers a new Hickory Furniture line of benches and stools set on Amish bases and featuring hand-hooked upholstery from India.
Banking on a skateboard revival
Written by Jennifer Hicks Monday, 19 September 2011 00:00
Mike Mahoney runs a unique woodworking business that produces longboard skateboards. Though he’s built skateboards for fun since high school, he got serious in 2005 and opened Honey Skateboards in Grand Junction, Colo. Because of the growing popularity of his product, Mahoney says he almost doubles production every year and estimates he’ll make about 2,000 boards this year.
Celebrating a pioneer
Written by Jennifer Hicks Monday, 15 August 2011 00:00
The National Arts & Crafts Conference and Antiques Show, an annual three-day event held at The Grove Park Inn in Asheville, N.C., celebrates a unique and historic style that has influenced American craftsmen since its revival in the 1960s.
Special deliveries
Written by Jennifer Hicks Monday, 18 July 2011 00:00
Wayne Morgan has capitalized on something people use every day: mailboxes. Morgan, who runs MorganHomeAccents.com from his home in Tewksbury, Mass., doesn’t consider himself a woodworker, but is an artists’ representative who coordinates mailbox requests with custom woodworkers throughout the U.S.
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