Jack of all trades, master of none. Associate professor by day, amateur woodworker, carpenter, hunter, cook, tinker, and gardener in my off hours. Aficionado of gin and whiskey based cocktails. I use this site to document all the things I love that have nothing to do with my day job. You can reach me at jmlukens@gmail.com
Searching for a healthy land ethic and learning from nature. Since 2012.
Style Wars: classicism vs. modernism
craft+community
Gardening, carpentry, recipes, furniture building and restoration
Gardening, carpentry, recipes, furniture building and restoration
Technology, Culture, and Ethics
Tales From a Cabinetmaker's Life
Build your own chair
Building On History
Honest Craftsmanship • Locally-Sourced Materials
Green Plants Based Living, Gardening and Home Care
Notes from a wildlife-friendly cottage garden
What's going on in and around the shop.
seventeenth-century joined furniture; green wood, hand tools
GAIA'S HEARTBEAT experience the pulsing earth in photos
In which 1snugthejoiner writes about woodworking, publishing, house renovations, cats and Shakespeare (don't worry – that last one is rare).
This is a journal of the art of woodworking by hand
Gardening, carpentry, recipes, furniture building and restoration
Grow, Build, Restore 