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3+ hour, 26+ min ago   (342+ words) Families are encouraged to mark their calendars for a free Kids Wood Workshop hosted by Love Action Community Outreach on Saturday, August 15. Love Action Community Outreach is a local nonprofit organization that was created after community members recognized a need…...

8+ hour, 41+ min ago   (530+ words) West Michigan was already becoming a manufacturing powerhouse when Louis Fuller started making bowls in North Muskegon in 1906. The region’s forests supplied lumber and paper mills, its rivers and Great Lakes moved raw materials and finished goods, and its factories…...

10+ hour, 56+ min ago   (305+ words) Artist Bill Isel’s wood-turned lighthouses feature removable roofs so tealight candles can be placed inside. Skilled craftsman Bill Isel transforms wood into beautiful pieces of carved art. Isel says he “merges the rawness of nature” for his pieces. Whether it…...

17+ hour, 51+ min ago   (585+ words) The newly completed “Legacy Table,” custom-crafted from natural solid American Black Walnut wood with a Live Edge Base, takes center stage inside a custom timber-framed library. The handcrafted piece blends organic grain patterns with modern architectural design. A collection of…...

1+ day, 23+ hour ago   (208+ words) You’ve heard of the common problem of “Bowling Alone,” which bemoaned the fading communal activity of getting together with others to pursue a pleasant pastime. Today I’m bemoaning the end of movie-going as a means of meet-and-greet with neighbors and…...

2+ day, 6+ hour ago   (231+ words) Veteran carpenter Ray Plouffe had been working with wood for decades when a second, related career came calling about nine years ago. A restaurant client asked him to salvage the wood from a few treasured cherry trees, so Plouffe made…...

2+ day, 13+ hour ago   (229+ words) Published 1:30 am Tuesday, August 11, 2026 Yann Giguere, shown hewing a log at the Maine Japanese Woodworking Festival in 2023, will demonstrate the use of the masakari, or hewing axe, and the chona, or adze, during a Japanese woodworking festival on Saturday at…...

3+ day, 3+ hour ago   (121+ words) The Fairway Woodworking Club, 10600 W. Peoria Ave., wrapped up its Christmas in July sale, showcasing a variety of member-made items. The club recently expanded its capabilities with the addition of a laser engraver, complementing its existing CNC machine. These new tools…...

2+ day, 18+ hour ago   (42+ words) The Times How the humble woodcut changed the world In Ink Paper Chisel Grain, Paul Coldwell charts the evolution of the simple print form through the centuries, from depictions of 16th-century witches to 20th-century slaves...

2+ day, 19+ hour ago   (133+ words) WTKR Curator of Collections Lindsay Neal and Master Craftsman Gordon Freedman from The Hermitage Museum and Gardens discuss the the history of American craftsmanship seen at the "Handwork at the Hermitage" exhibition, and the upcoming "Woodwork at the Hermitage" special…...