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    Jonathan Binzen

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    Jon first joined Fine Woodworking in 1993 but left for a  freelance career. During that time he continued to contribute to the magazine as an author, identifying and interviewing most of the woodworkers whose work appears on the back cover. In February 2012 he rejoined the FWW staff as a senior editor. In the 1980s he taught woodworking at a school for refugees in Philadelphia and later spent several years in Malaysia writing, working in a refugee camp, and making furniture in a Malay shop. These days he lives in New Milford, Connecticut. Between loads of laundry and trips to the elementary school with his daughters, he writes about furniture and interiors.

    • Torchiere with a twist

      Torchiere with a twist

      August 20, 2021

      Jesse Shaw explains what inspired the design of the translucent shade on his Prometheus lamp.

    • STL244: Laura Mays–The inquisitive furniture maker

      July 2, 2021

      Jon Binzen interviews Laura Mays, woodworker and director of The Krenov School, about her journey to woodworking and the inspiration behind her inquisitive work.

    • Slice it like Pye

      Slice it like Pye

      May 28, 2021

      When furniture maker Jeff Miller fell in love with the fluted bowls of English craftsman David Pye, he decided to build his own version of Pye's "fluting engine."

    • The bowl is a bird

      The bowl is a bird

      April 30, 2021

      Dave Fisher turned a branch into a bowl, and a bowl into a wren.

    • The Hepplewhite House

      The Hepplewhite House

      January 13, 2021

      Ted Lott's Hepplewhite House was inspired by a garage-sale find and a desire to explore the common motifs in furniture and architecture.

    • Caleb Woodard’s career in carving

      October 28, 2020

      Caleb Woodard makes his living building and carving pieces for clients around the world. He's been making special items by hand all his life, and he hasn't lost the joy of expression he has had since childhood.

    • Webinar: Uncommon Arts and Crafts with Jon Binzen

      September 18, 2020

      Replay Join deputy editor Jon Binzen for a fascinating look at less-familiar furniture of the Arts and Crafts era.

    • Poetic Reproduction

      September 1, 2020

      Every piece that Don Miller builds gives him an opportunity to experiment with woodworking history and traditional forms and techniques, and to make them his own.

    • An artist masters the craft of furniture making

      January 31, 2020

      From Home Furniture Issue #3 - Duane Paluska builds furniture that speaks with the unassuming eloquence of its maker

    • Sinuous Seating

      October 29, 2019

      Matthias Pliessnig has perfected a painstaking process of steam-bending white oak ribs and slats to produce some of the most beautiful forms in contemporary furniture

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