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Courthouse clocks to toll again

As the story goes the errant bullet sailed over Jefferson Street and struck the minute hand of the clock, breaking it off. The hand was kept for many A local woodworker agreed to take on the task of looking into making new hands. Members of the ...

Woodworker's projects are a cut above

Charlie Marshall poses with an intricate wooden doll house he made with his laser at his home in the East Villas subdivision in , Fla. on Friday, Dec. 19, 2014. In addition to other woodworking items, Marshall makes numerous wood items using ...

Rancho Cordova startup hopes woodworkers turn circles over its tools

The tiny startup makes tools that do just that for woodworkers and plastics crafters, they say, and a $25,000 Kickstarter campaign will spread the word. If successful, it also will provide the capital to He started doing them by hand, just before ...

Photographer of the Day: Dean Bradshaw for the Craftsmen Series

Both conceptually and visually, I'm inspired by the idea of craftsmanship and the lifestyle of people who create by hand. Much of my work is character driven, I offered almost no direction, as each of them were on the clock and I didn't want to ...

Is the IKEA ethos comfy or creepy?

Tables and chairs, beds, mirrors, a clock to remind the happy couple of the passage of time, an armchair for an hour's pleasant daydreaming, carpets to help the housewife keep the floors clean, linen tied with pretty ribbons in the cupboard and dresses ...

This Canarsie wood artist found inspiration in 3D modeling

Rich “Doc” Rico had been a traditional, hobbyist woodworker until Sandy hit and destroyed his woodshop, which was the basement of his home in Canarsie. A native South Brooklynite, he took the destruction of his gear as an opportunity to explore a new ...

Singing bowls induce meditative state

“It may bring back the memory of the sound of a doorbell, a grandfather clock, churches in Italy,” he says. “Some people see colors” when they hear the bowls sing. “I've had people cry. Some people chuckle, laugh. People fall asleep. People get very ...