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Yoav S. Liberman is a studio furniture artist, an architect and an inventor. His work combines the old and new, using found objects and discarded wood as sources of inspiration for the pieces that he builds.

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New York's premier furniture fair 2013 - part 1
by Yoav S. Liberman Sunday, May 19, 2013
I just came back from my first visit to ICFF New York. The International Contemporary Furniture Fair is one of the most important events of the furniture world. It attracts makers, designers, collectors, decorators and architects, as well as the general...
My new cutting board design
by Yoav S. Liberman Sunday, May 12, 2013
A year ago I blogged about the cutting board workshop I gave on a Manhattan rooftop. The thing is that I also like to make and sell cutting boards. I love the simplicity and the presence of a thick and solid wooden board. They are so handy on the kitchen...
Planing teak wood is no cake walk
by Yoav S. Liberman Sunday, May 5, 2013
At my day job as wood-shop manager at Robert Lighton Furniture in New York, I often need to fine-tune furniture parts before I pass them over to our skilled sander, then on to the finishers. We design our furniture in the United States, but have them...
Jason's fold-out table
by Yoav S. Liberman Sunday, April 28, 2013
Jason was one of my students in the cardboard furniture class that I teach at 3rdWard NY. For his project he found an old World War II design of a fold-out table. He then tweaked and modified it (including building several prototypes) until he was satisfied...
The most "Woody" commercial you've ever seen
by Yoav S. Liberman Saturday, April 20, 2013
I have said it before in this blog, actually just a few weeks ago: Japanese have an affinity to perfect everything and take it to a new level. Even a simple commercial for a mobile phone is made in a meticulous way (no I do not get royalties for it)....
Why we should teach our children Woodworking in school
by Yoav S. Liberman Wednesday, April 3, 2013
Doug Stowe is one of the greatest proponents of Woodworking education in America. In this short video he lays out a compelling case for children to learn woodworking in schools: Woodworking is a gateway to understanding material properties, engineering...
The secrets of Japanese wooden toothpicks
by Yoav S. Liberman Saturday, March 30, 2013
While visiting New York's Greenwich Village neighborhood this afternoon, I entered a Japanese American pop-up store that sells amazing chocolates and other sweets. The owner offered me an incredible dark chocolate truffle to sample. As expected from...
Visiting an Israeli Luthier
by Yoav S. Liberman Saturday, March 16, 2013
While visiting Israel during the holidays, I paid a visit to the shop of Yaron Naor . Yaron is one of a few craftspeople who has mastered the art of Oud, Lute, and mandoline making. Building a string instrument is perhaps the most challenging feat in...
A new season of Roy Underhill's "The Woodright's Shop" to be watched for free
by Yoav S. Liberman Saturday, March 2, 2013
Every time a new season of Roy Underhill's TV show is released I say "הללויה" (Hallelujah). Roy's show is like a festival for us woodworking lovers. In it he shows how to make woodworking using hand tools and man-powered machines. He...
A woodworker character is born on TV's Portlandia
by Yoav S. Liberman Tuesday, February 19, 2013
Everyone knows Portlandia as the quintessential showcase of Hipster culture. Part of becoming a hipster involves striving toward some sort of self reliance or at least dexterity of something: pickle making, cigar rolling, knitting, and taxidermy, just...
Gun control and the trajectory of a furniture project: Artillery table en route to Baltimore
by Yoav S. Liberman Friday, February 15, 2013
My friend Jake Wright is a very talented maker-designer. He creates graphic and web design, exquisite furniture, and is a skilled woodworker welder. Jake is perhaps best known for incorporating military relics such as empty cluster bombs and artillery...
Turned wood teapot to be included in an upcoming show at the Fuller Craft Museum – Part 3
by Yoav S. Liberman Friday, February 8, 2013
In my last post I mentioned how I completed the piece and brought it to the gallery. The gallery owner looked at the teapot and seemed surprised, explaining that she expected a bigger lid than the one I produced. She encouraged me to try and see if I...
Turned wood teapot, to be included in an upcoming show at the Fuller Craft Museum – Part 2
by Yoav S. Liberman Wednesday, February 6, 2013
My last entry focused on the fortuitous way I found the raw material and tracked the design process. This time I will show how I created the teapot. First, I glued together the remains of the shattered wood bowl with black epoxy. I followed a similar...
Turned wood teapot, to be included in an upcoming show at the Fuller Craft Museum – Part 1
by Yoav S. Liberman Thursday, January 31, 2013
Some of you might be wondering if a real teapot be made of wood. The truthful answer is, unfortunately, no. Wood is obviously not the best container for hot water. Therefore, the piece that I will describe to you here is solely a decorative art piece...
Thoughts about Krenov-style wooden planes
by Yoav S. Liberman Saturday, January 26, 2013
I spent the last two weeks of 2012 in Israel interviewing woodworkers, touring shops, and visiting places of interest to us furniture makers that I never even knew existed. I am very excited to share all of it, but it will take several entries to do so...