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Four Handmade Gift IdeasA small inbox with a pen and pencil holder makes a great project. The box is dovetailed, with a ...
11/21/2025

Four Handmade Gift Ideas

A small inbox with a pen and pencil holder makes a great project. The box is dovetailed, with a cutout in the front for easy access to the papers inside. I use a bandsaw for the cutout, but a coping saw would work, too. The bottom can be quartersawn pine, glued underneath, or a floating panel set in grooves on all four sides. The pencil holder is a block of scrap, drilled with two holes.

https://www.finewoodworking.com/project-guides/beginner-projects/four-handmade-gift-ideas

When a customer asked Brian Persico to build chairs with rawhide seats, he had never used the material before. But he ha...
11/08/2025

When a customer asked Brian Persico to build chairs with rawhide seats, he had never used the material before. But he had built bows with natural-sinew strings, so he dove in. And now he’s a convert. “Rawhide makes an incredibly strong seat,” he says. “You’ll find a 200-year-old chair and the joints are all loose, but it’s held together by its rawhide seat.”

https://www.finewoodworking.com/2025/10/28/the-future-of-woodworking-brian-persico

The Future of Woodworking: Brian PersicoWhen he met Hannah, who was then working at the prominent New York City furnitur...
11/07/2025

The Future of Woodworking: Brian Persico

When he met Hannah, who was then working at the prominent New York City furniture gallery BDDW, she saw all the pieces he had built and told him, “You have a line of furniture.” Ever since, the pieces he’s built for himself and his family have nearly all served as design prototypes and fueled the business. He and Hannah now collaborate on the designs.

https://www.finewoodworking.com/2025/10/28/the-future-of-woodworking-brian-persico

The Future of Woodworking: Brian PersicoAnd even while building a house and raising young children, Persico makes quite ...
11/06/2025

The Future of Woodworking: Brian Persico

And even while building a house and raising young children, Persico makes quite a lot of furniture—40 or 50 chairs each year, he estimates, along with settees, counter stools, tables, and cabinets. “Life these days is hectic but good,” he says. “I’m sprinting everywhere.”

https://www.finewoodworking.com/2025/10/28/the-future-of-woodworking-brian-persico

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