Sticks and Stones Eureka Springs

03/29/2025

Walnut hexagon box

03/17/2025

Walnut stacked box - wood grain matched

03/16/2025

Oak Viking Chair experiment.

03/12/2021

Working on custom frames for my wife's floral paintings. You can can see them this month at as part of the Flower Power show. These are made of walnut and built to be a floating frame.

03/10/2021

I developed these stands to hold the small panel paintings my wife, Jacqueline Wolven did. These are made of cherry.

01/14/2021

Good to know

Time for some feminist history, y'all! Did you know that the circular saw was invented by a Shaker woman named Tabitha Babbitt? Upon witnessing the inefficiency of the typical two-person saw in cutting lumber, Tabitha proposed a circular blade in 1813. The innovation made cutting wood infinitely easier!

While Tabitha's invention revolutionized wood processing, she never got the fame or fortune afforded other inventors. In true Shaker tradition, she didn't patent the invention, believing instead that ideas should flow freely between community members.

Stay tuned for more feminist tool history, or read all about them in our book, Girls Garage!

[Circular saw illustration by the wonderful Kate Bingaman-Burt and Tabitha illustration by the quick-penned Bethany Kaylor!]

05/05/2020

Adding decor to the hickory walls at Banks Ranch
It spins!

01/09/2020

More card holders for Jacqueline - in oak

01/05/2020

More art displays in cedar, and oak
Wood blocks of cherry with angled groove cut to hold art board

01/01/2020

A standing display frame for my wife’s 4” paintings

12/29/2019

A bench/step stool in the heaviest, strongest hardest wood of the Ozarks: Hickory

12/28/2019

“Designer” barn walls in oak and cedar
Banks Ranch