About woodworksbyjohn
I'm a retired woodshop teacher. I build one of a kind furniture pieces and custom picture frames. You can see some of my sell and carvings through my Etsy store: https://www.etsy.com/shop/WoodworksbyJohn?ref=si_shop Contact me about your project -- always up for the challenge of unique work.
In the last blog the dovetails had been cut and fit for the bottom section of the custom drawing desk. If you missed it, here’s a LINK to that one and before I talk about the remaining work, let me … Continue reading →
Posted in Artist Furniture, custom furniture, Hand Cut Dovetails, YouTubeVideo
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Tagged adjustable top drawing table, artists furniture, Baltic Birch plywood, custom drawing desk, custom drawing table, custom furniture, Drafting table hardware, L-N Bronze Smooth Plane, Lie-Nielsen planes, Osmo Polyx, Rockler hardware, Rockler woodworking, WoodworksbyJohn
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Many of you know that I occasionally work as a portrait or costumed model since moving to the Phoenix area. For me, it’s a great experience — I get out of the solitary life in my shop, meet different artists … Continue reading →
Posted in Artist Furniture, Artist Model, custom furniture, Design Process, Hand Cut Dovetails, Hand Tool Woodworking, Tutorial
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Tagged artists model, Baltic Birch plywood, black walnut, custom artist furniture, Divinity Tattoo, dovetail, drafting table, drawing table, Rockler hardware, tails first, Veritas skewed rabbet plane
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When I first began making picture frames it was incredibly difficult to find information about the finer points of how to go about it. Most literature was pretty old and when talking with other framers I’d get the feeling that … Continue reading →
Posted in Carving, custom profile, custom profile, Design Process, Picture Frames, Tutorial
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Tagged #20 biscuit, Basswood, Chris Pye Woodcarving Workshops, custom picture frame molding, design pattern making, Design Process, Diane Eugster art, leaf carve, wood carving
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If you’ve been following the consruction of this Tabernacle style frame you’ll remember that the last BLOG dealt with how the roof was constructed. That was an interesting challenge that I can now say I’ve conquered; at least for this … Continue reading →
Posted in custom profile, Gilding, Picture Frames, Tabernacle, tabernacle picture frame
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Tagged 12kt. gold leaf, airbrush, custom picture frame, gilding, LA Gold Leaf, Liberon Black Bison Wax, oil gilding, Red burnisher sealer, tabernacle frame, tabernacle picture frame
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In the last blog the main part of the frame was constructed along with the base for the pilasters. The next step is to apply the embossed molding along the bottom and build the roof. Applying the molding at the … Continue reading →
Posted in custom profile, Gilding, Hand Tool Woodworking, Hybrid Woodworking, Picture Frames, Tabernacle, tabernacle picture frame
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Tagged block plane, LA Gold Leaf, mitered trim, Red burnisher sealer, roof design, shooting board, tabernacle frame, tabernacle picture frame, tablesaw tenoning jig
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This will be the third Tabernacle style frame I’ve been commissioned to make and I truly love the challenge of them. I know there’s a lot of historical background for this style but at this point, I’m making them based … Continue reading →
Posted in Design Process, Hand Tool Woodworking, Hybrid Woodworking, Mortise and Tenon Joint, Picture Frames, plunge router, Tabernacle
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Tagged Barger Moulding, Beading cutter, custom woodweork, haunched tenon, Lee Valley Small Plow Plane, Lowes, mortise and tenon, tabernacle frame, tabernacle picture frame
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It’s always an honor to know that there are quite a number of you that follow my blog, that makes me feel good about what I’m doing. I enjoy sharing what I do and learn — suppose that’s a carry … Continue reading →
Posted in custom profile, Design Process, Hand Planes, Hand Tool Woodworking, Hybrid Woodworking, Picture Frames
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Tagged Basswood, closed corner frame, hand tool woodworking, Peterman Lumber, Scrub Plane, Stanley #7 Jointer Plane
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