There are no cars parked in Steve Duque's garage. Cabinets, tables, and workbenches lining the walls are topped by woodworking tools and the typical flotsam of a workshop. A fine coating of multicolored dust covers work surfaces, bicycles, and the other artifacts of life one stores in a
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“One man’s trash is another man’s treasure,” is how the saying typically goes. In this case one man’s thrash is another man’s treasure. Steve Duque takes broken skateboards and turns them into art and functional craft pieces. Bowls, tables, cutting boards, key-chains, magnets, magnets, earrings — there’
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About a year ago, on an unseasonably warm November day, I drove down to Providence Shoe Repair and spent the afternoon with it’s proprietor, former indie wrestler, musician, and cobbler, Mike Heimall. Unpacking my equipment, I pulled a zipper right off of one of my cases. Mike immediately responds,
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We’re back at the shop of Ian Buchbinder of Coywolf Studio. This time Ian’s demonstrating his process of making a cookie jar. From throwing and shaping the initial vessel, to trimming lids and pulling handles, there is a lot of information and beautiful spinning mud for everyone. Enjoy
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Ian Buchbinder doesn't take himself too seriously. He calls himself a potter, but you'd be remiss to assume that's all he does. Between teaching, running a business, and fixing kilns he finds the time to make teapots, mugs, and bowls. I first discovered Ian’
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On a quiet Saturday in February 2017, I met Sarah at the North Bennet Street School in Boston’s North End neighborhood. She had been enrolled in the bookbinding program there for just about a year, and was kind enough to share what she had already learned from her short