I had the Joy of taking a class with Drew Langsner a decade ago, and he shared that woodworking was the meeting of animal, vegetable, and mineral: you are the animal, wood the vegetable, tool the mineral. Truly nearly anything is possible with the right combination of these things, but if it doesn’t seem possible maybe one of the three is out of balance: you, the animal, don’t know enough, the wood is not correct for the work, or the tools not as they should be. Intention is creative spelunking of these factors: it is a playful “what-if?” On the horizon: it doesn’t just apply to the work thoug ..read more

Sunhouse Craft, a producer and seller of hand-crafted and sustainably sourced homewares, will be opening its brick-and-mortar store in downtown Berea, Kentucky on April 23rd, from 12:30 PM to 6:00 PM. Their new downtown flagship space aims to serve the local economy and showcase products from a wide range of artisans in a town nationally revered for its folk arts & crafts. Its opening celebration will include a demonstration from local weaver Phil Willet, a vintage clothing pop-up from AVA, and a broom-themed photobooth with free photos for the community by local photographer Christina S ..read more

How did you begin making brooms? In 2013 I had left my job running a salvage building materials wood shop at the ReBuilding Exchange in Chicago Illinois to spend a year at Tillers International: a traditional rural skills school near Kalamazoo, Michigan. There, I was able to dive into more traditional woodworking and blacksmithing (as well as horse-powered farming!) and take a class with the very talented Darold Francis. It was definitely love at first weave. My process has evolved quite a bit from there, but I was really into the craft from the first broom!   Did you begin with a di ..read more

  Sunhouse Craft, a producer and seller of hand-crafted and sustainably sourced homewares, will be opening its brick-and-mortar store in downtown Berea, Kentucky on April 23rd, from 12:30 PM to 6:00 PM. Their new downtown flagship space aims to serve the local economy and showcase products from a wide range of artisans in a town nationally revered for its folk arts & crafts. Its opening celebration will include a demonstration from local weaver Phil Willet, a vintage clothing pop-up from AVA, and a broom-themed photobooth with free photos for the community by local photographer Chri ..read more

  How did you begin making brooms? In 2013 I had left my job running a salvage building materials wood shop at the ReBuilding Exchange in Chicago Illinois to spend a year at Tillers International: a traditional rural skills school near Kalamazoo, Michigan. There, I was able to dive into more traditional woodworking and blacksmithing (as well as horse-powered farming!) and take a class with the very talented Darold Francis. It was definitely love at first weave. My process has evolved quite a bit from there, but I was really into the craft from the first broom! Did you begin with a di ..read more