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 -...
When I mention to people that i'm a furniture maker they invariably launch into a story about a friend who has a chop saw in their garage and can make 'amazing' things. Usually those things turn out to be some...
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....