The Issue Twenty

Hurrah! Over the last two weeks, I’ve announced all of the Issue Twenty-One articles, and you can find the entire Table of Contents listed below: Jay Smith – “In the Throes of Construction: The Adventure of Building a Viking Ship” Andrew Gonzales – “Hidden Legacy: Colonial New Mexican Woodcraft” Kenneth Schwarz – “Working Within Compass” Mike Epworth – “Displaced: Folk Furniture’s Connection to Place, People, & Time” Joshua A. Klein – “On the Outside: The House by Hand Exterior” “Under the Table: An Examination of an 18th-Century Tavern Table” Andrew S. Hogeland – “Voices of the Lost Boys: Tales by Early American Woodworking Apprentices” “It Never Gets Old: A Visit to Bonhams Skinner Auction House” Alex Ellis – “Seeds of Craft: On Replacing the Temporary with the Enduring” Book Recommendation – Nevan Carling – “Five Timber Framing Books” The cover photo for this issue depicts offcuts from my house’s front trim (windows, columns, entablature). I made several profiles for all of these architectural elements (see the link to my article post above for more about that). The entablature (molding over the front door) design was based on a few local houses and Asher Benjamin and Batty Langley’s period books on classical design. It was quite a task handplaning all those large moldings – especially when I miscut the biggest ogee piece after triple checking my measurements! (The second one went faster than the first, by the way.) The front and back covers contain several of the profiles I made for that project. It was an absolute blast getting this fancy after all the years of rough carpentry. This issue is currently in the hands our our copy editor, Jacob Caselli. Once I get it back from him and the fine tuning is done, this one is off to the printer! So, heads up that the final cutoff for subscriptions that will include Issue Twenty-One is the end of the day Thursday, August 27. Make sure you’re subscribed to get this issue from the printer! -Joshua