Introduction

So... We are creating this blog to showcase woodturning work that Joshua does and provide info and specific products for purchase and contact information.

We live in St. Anthony, Idaho where Joshua grew up and where we have lived for the past 7 years.  Joshua worked with a professional woodturner in Brigham City, Utah for about a year when we were living in Logan and going to Utah State University.  He became interested in wood working and more specifically woodturning after doing some reading and researching traditional woodworking methods including books by Roy Underhill (The Woodwright's Companion etc.) and was influenced by other books such as George Nakashima's The Soul of a Tree. He purchased a cheap wood lathe on ebay and began looking for wood and turning when he could in a small closet under the stairs in our apartment that made Harry Potters room look spacious. Some of the first attempts were not too pretty, but eventually he upgraded his lathe and moved out of the understairs "lerkim" and into "the shed."

Most of the projects Joshua has been working on are rolling pins and Wizard Wands. He also has been making some ornaments and pillar candle holder stands which will hopefully show up on the site soon.