"Breakfast is Served", a piece I entered in Ohio Designer Craftsmen's competition "Best of 2026", at the Ohio Craft Museum in Columbus. I feel like wood is part of my DNA, having been first exposed to it in my uncle’s wood shop in my early childhood. I was always fascinated with wood – the beauty and endless variety in the grain, the color of different species, even the fragrance of the curls emerging from the plane’s throat. In my work I gravitate towards artistic expression

Because every oak was first an acorn The Acorn Shop is not necessarily a physical place, a clearly marked location, but rather a concept, any place where a creative activity takes place, be it in the kitchen, the garage, the back yard or park, and yes, sometimes in the woodshop. Carving a kuksa in the park Working out of the trunk of our car. Or on the kitchen counter... As an extension of that concept, the Acorn Shop Youtube channel was created, not just to encourage and ins

A little fawn I carved on the end of a stick Whittling is a subtractive process, whether you want to fashion something out of a block of wood, or simply just a contemplative activity, watching the curls coming out as the knife’s blade slides through a stick. After whittling for sixty plus years, I want to share a few pointers for any novice wanting to pick up the hobby, since it often happens that someone gives it one try only to give up soon after, being frustrated by a lack