All images via Lost Art Press We are kicking the off the new year with one of my new favorite books: “The Anarchist Tool Chest” by Christopher Schwarz. I don’t often compare books to movies, but a particular scene pops into my head while I’m reading this book. As a millennial, the movie “The Matrix” had a significant impact on me, especially the scene where Neo is in the Matrix downloading all his karate skills, bulking up his arsenal of weapons, and, most importantly, instan

Ending our year with this book was merely a coincidence of closure. Our twelfth book in our twelve-month series, this one hit me harder than the rest. James Krenov’s “A Cabinetmaker’s Notebook” Isn’t someone telling you how to build, or how to think. Rather, a conversation with the reader. I felt like I was sitting in a kitchen, drinking tea with an old mentor who was trying to instill in me a strong work ethic while holding equal resolve for your own creative self, a line Kr

“The Shaker Legacy” by Christian Becksvoort is a meticulously cataloged history of one of the most influential groups in furniture design, told through the pieces themselves. Becksvoort compiles over 140 pieces of historic furniture from the Shaker archives, which are used to tell the story of how the Shakers lived and how that correlated with their designs and careful craftsmanship. With a close relationship to the last remaining shaker community, Becksvoort has worked along

Coming into the second year of the book club, my heart is as full as my bookshelf. We have had an amazing year of reading and sharing stories with friends old and new. I wanted to give a special thank you to our guest moderators from the past year, a truly impressive list of people who shared their time and insight with us without anything in return. Coming into the new year of titles I wanted to create a diverse list that will fill out any woodworker's collection as well as