The unfiltered, PG-13 substack of woodworker and writer Christopher Schwarz. Posts cover folk furniture, running a woodworking business and generally pulling down the pants of craftsmen who have a giant stick up their butts. Two posts a week.
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Earlywood: On the Importance of the H.O. Studley Tool Cabinet
Publisher’s note: Good morning! Welcome to Earlywood, an excerpt from the thousands of pieces I’ve worked on since 1996. Sometimes, it’s from a magazine article. Or a book. Or (in this case) blog posts from 2014 and 2015. Many of these entr...
The Rippling Impact of Grants (Part 2)
Ashley Pieper, owner of Shallow Creek Woodcraft and one of Paul and Pascale’s woodshop grant recipients.
Yesterday, we shared the story of Paul and Pascale’s generous woodshop grants to 21 recipients. Today we’re sharing stories from nine...
The Story Behind Paul and Pascale’s $10,000 Grants to 21 Woodworkers (Part 1)
In December, Paul and Pascale Edelman announced on Instagram they were giving away 10 woodshop grants of $10,000 each to independent furniture makers. They also ran an ad in Fine Woodworking. In the end, they gave away 21 of these grants an...
Swag Week No. 4: Our First Book
What’s “Swag Week?” Read the footnote.1
This month we are giving away a copy of our first book, “The Art of Joinery,” which has been out of print for many years. I think this book is from the first pressing, but I’m not sure.
The book is...
Meet the New Assistant Branch Manager
Below the paywall: An update on classes in Covington.
For the last four years, I’ve wandered off to a local cemetery to look for naturally curved armbows for chairs. There’s a huge forested section of the cemetery that’s never been develop...
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