These are probably the nicest outfits at the Winter Games - designed by Vancouver artist Alano Edzerza. Now if I could only find somewhere to buy them?...
The inaugural Pecha Kucha night is happening today in Whitehorse - I'll be presenting a few of my thoughts on 'Canadian Furniture Design and Burls' should be interesting. Here's an example of my new favorite Canadian designer Russell Spanner.... And...
Gort Fine Woodworking is pleased to announce the addition of a Senior Manager in our 'Small Parts Division'. He was born on Christmas eve but is quickly getting up to speed. Stellan Mark Williams Gort Merry Christmas and Happy New...
I just put my pallet table in a crate and sent it down to Vancouver. It was juried into the By Hand: BC and Yukon exhibition opening in January at the Museum of Vancouver. The show put on by...
I was recently featured in the August issue of Up Here Business magazine - the north's premiere business publication - well definitely in the top 5 anyway.... The article highlights six young northern entrepreneurs. Here is the cover - I'm...
I really like Maloof's cabinet work - clean lines, nice scale and thoughtful details. I also have an affinity for some of his earlier chairs which have nice classic lines, but his rockers I find less interesting - except...
Built some bookcases... Finished my bathroom... Put up some shingles... Framed a cabin... With a few beams... Now i'm back in the shop for the fall - building a kitchen and trying to sneak in a few pieces of furniture....
The Saskatchewan Craft Council invited me to participate in their playing card deck to promote wood, metal, ceramic and glass makers in Saskatchewan and I guess as far as the Yukon - I was lucky enough to land the...
I just finished this coffee table - made out of solid walnut. A reintroduction of the ubiquitous shipping pallet - In stark contrast to the current single use, throw it in the garbage i'll buy another one tomorrow attitude -...
I promised myself that I would spend Fridays working on my own pieces starting in January - well it's definitely going to happen in February. Hopefully..... I'm almost finished the latest kitchen project, which has occupied the majority of my...
I've always dreamed of building a birch bark canoe, well not always, but recently anyway. I've watched this NFB film many times - mesmerized by the rhythm and mad skills of such a talented woodworker. It's inspiring to see what...
To kick off the new year I thought I would post a picture of the best public sculpture ever. It's high up in an old elm tree in central Amsterdam. I go and take a look whenever I visit....