Woodturners love to joke about making shavings—as if the objective of turning wood is to slice off thin slivers of wood rather than to create beautiful objects. The…
Over half the students introduced themselves with doubts over their ability to make the charming needle felted characters on display. Yet, everyone completed multiple projects and left the…
In August 1926, Olive D. Campbell, co-founder of the John C Campbell Folk School, wrote “If you could see our neighbors busily at work about the place, you…
The beauty of a drawstring backpack is its simple, elegant design. It’s essentially one large pocket with a long cord drawstring to close the top opening and create…
It’s comforting to watch the inevitable, calming fade of autumn after the exuberance of summer. Seedheads and berries replace summer flowers. Leaves lose their greenness and drift to…