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Winter 2012-2013

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  • Book review by master woodcarver Steff Rocknak

    by Yoav S. Liberman     Wednesday, May 22, 2013
    Two month ago as I walked down Madison Ave, I noticed a book proudly crowning a pyramid of "New York Times 'best sellers' " stack in the window of a respectable bookstore. The book that caught my eyes was The Lost Carving: A Journey...

  • New York's furniture fair 2013 - part 2

    by Yoav S. Liberman     Monday, May 20, 2013
    Walnut seems to be the predominant wood used by designers these days. Take for example these pieces by Don Howell from Brooklyn NY who sell them via CAVIAR 20 gallery , in Toronto Canada. Another walnut piece by Howell that I liked was this coffee table...

  • 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...
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