| This blog is written by Eric M. Saperstein | 95 entries so far |
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Bowl Coring & Hollowing - Our new Toys (Tools) !! #4: 73 Manzanita Burls! - Fresh from CA
A shipment of 73 manzanita burls arrived at our shop today! – These unique anomalies of nat...
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Bowl Coring & Hollowing - Our new Toys (Tools) !! #3: Four Manzanita Bowls - Fruits of the weekends hollowing!
Fruits of the new Carter Hollow Roller System – manzanita burl bowls #6, 7, 8, & 9 were...
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Bowl Coring & Hollowing - Our new Toys (Tools) !! #2: We setup our new Carter Hollow Roller System!
Along with an assortment of lathe upgrades and other toys and tools we recently obtained a Carter...
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Bowl Coring & Hollowing - Our new Toys (Tools) !! #1: The first Coring
So … this is the start of a series featuring our new Oneway Easy Core right in mid stream o...
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Wood Scavenging #9: The First Walnut Slabs are OUT of the Kiln!
OK – trip to the mill on Saturday yielded a return of six walnut slabs at 16/4 (a full 4...
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Wood Scavenging #8: Scavenging some turning blanks!
Along with scavenging for lumber – we are scavenging for turning blanks. We should probably...
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Wood Scavenging #7: Curiously Burl-ee??
Well – we’re not sure yet, this kinda looks like burl but it may just be some anomali...
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Wood Scavenging #6: Motherload - Osage, Walnut, Cherry!
So we progress … scavenging away finding lonely and abandoned logs to take to the mill. ...
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Artisans Quarterly Review #21: Artisans of the Valley's Artisans Quarterly Review Volume 6 Issue 1 - 2013
Welcome to Artisans of the Valley's Artisans Quarterly Review Volume 6 Issue 1 - 2013 This is ...
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Wood Scavenging #5: The Maple Monstrosity!
Well – here we have a maple monstrosity! IDK what this sucker weighs but we had to chip off...
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Wood Scavenging #4: Equipment rigged - we're in business!
So – hurricane (super storm) Sandy brought down an unreal amount of trees. It’s still...
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The Blending of Art & Wine - A NJ Event! #4: "Common" Threads - Another NJ Art/Wine Show!
Join us at Hopewell Valley Vineyards for “Common” Threads – an art and wine sho...
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Artisans Quarterly Review #20: Artisans Quarterly Review - Volume 5 issue 4 - 2012 is now Released!
Welcome to Artisans of the Valley’sArtisans Quarterly Review Volume 5 Issue 4 – 2012 ...
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A few Holiday Update Photos to An Old Project ...
Let’s see 1191 days ago I posted a project featuring my personal oak bookcase / fireplace s...
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Artisans Quarterly Review #19: Artisans of the Valley’s Artisans Quarterly Review Volume 5 Issue 3 – 2012
Welcome to Artisans of the Valley’s Artisans Quarterly Review Volume 5 Issue 3 – 2012 Artisans...
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Randy Mardrus Carved Art Glass - SANDS OF LIGHT (Artist Profile Video)
Artist Profile – Randy Mardrus owner of Permanent Reflections discusses his passion for dee...
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What do we do with this WOOD?! #12: Moving The Redwood Burl Table Along ... Part II
Well this is now a commission – and it’s going to get a Wenge base pending design. We...
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8 Slabs of 375 Year Old White Oak - Projects in Progress #3: Slab C Continues ...
Progress is continuing along … The top is almost finished now. We’re working on the b...
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Artisans Quarterly Review #18: Artisans of the Valley's Artisans Quarterly Review Vol 5 Issue 2 - 2012
Greetings, Welcome to Artisans of the Valley’s Artisans Quarterly Review Vol 5 Issue 2 2...
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What do we do with this WOOD?! #11: Moving The Redwood Burl Table Along ...
Moving along with our redwood burl project – we decided to put in some interesting butterfl...
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Custom Gaming Projects #5: The First of the Cedar Slab Tables Completed!
OK so this is the first of the completed “Cedar Slab Gaming Tables” ... we’ll p...
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Artisans International Television Debut #7: Artisans Featured in Second-Season Premier of Tanked!
Artisans of the Valley of Pennington, N.J., one of the nation’s premier custom furniture and anti...
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8 Slabs of 375 Year Old White Oak - Projects in Progress #2: The first slab is selected ...
And we have our first of the 8 slabs of 375 year old white oak selected for a project ...
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What do we do with this WOOD?! #10: A Giant Walnut Butterfly
So – I think we’ll build a table around it … tempting to do sorta like a Russia...
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Artisans Quarterly Review #17: Artisans Quarterly Review Volume 5 Issue 1 - 2012 is released!
Greetings, Welcome to Artisans of the Valley’s Artisans Quarterly Review Vol 5 Issue 1 2...
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Custom Gaming Projects #4: Some of our Cedar Rounds - Turning Slowly into Tables
Two of the cedar rounds (not sure why I think I called them oak earlier …) turning slowly i...
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What do we do with this WOOD?! #9: Two Cherry Slabs and a Mulberry Spat!
Our quest for wood continued this past week – two amazingly figured cherry slabs jumped out...
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Wood Scavenging #3: Walnut and Black Locust in the Mix
Our scavenging efforts have progressed along to now include a 66” x 28” black walnut ...
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The Blending of Art & Wine - A NJ Event! #3: SAVE THE DATE! - 2012's "The Blending of Art & Wine" will be June 2nd & 3rd
OK – this is the first of many call for artists for the 2012 “Blending of Art & W...
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Event open to ALL local artists: Trenton, NJ's "Art All Night" - June 16th / 17th ...
Anyone interested in the Trenton, NJ area in displaying a unique piece of artwork – proR...
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Artisans Quarterly Review #16: Artisans Quarterly Review - Volume 4 Issue 4 - 2011 (Yes 2011 ... We're late!)
Greetings, Welcome to Artisans of the Valley’s “Artisans Quarterly Review” ....
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Custom Gaming Projects #3: Studio photo shoot today! - Custom Solid Walnut Gaming Table
Here’s a teaser shot – we setup today for a photo shoot at the studios of James L...
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Custom Gaming Projects #2: MAGIC! The game board actualy rotates!!! - Our design actually works??
We’re still finalizing and tweaking – and kinda dumbfounded but it actually all came ...
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Custom Gaming Projects #1: Too early to post this but ... let's sneak preview our custom gaming projects.
This is the centerpiece to a custom gaming table we are currently building – solid walnut p...
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Artisans Quarterly Review #15: Artisans Featured on CustomMade.com Year of the Dragon Blog
Our Dragon Panel Restoration was featured today on CustomMade.com’s blog site in a feature ...
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Artisans Quarterly Review #14: Artisans of the Valley is Sponsoring Sherri Hutchinson for the 2012 Special Olympics Polar Plung!
February 25th Sherri Hutchinson is apparently going to plunge herself into a freezing cold body o...
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What do we do with this WOOD?! #8: Blood Red Manzanita Burl - Another Cool Pending Project
OK – this is a green Manzanita Burl 9” by 8” by 8” tall … just got ...
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What do we do with this WOOD?! #7: MANZANITA BURL ... ok really what do I do with this wood?
This just looked cool on eBay … so I bought it. IDK yet what I’m gonna do with it, it...
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What do we do with this WOOD?! #6: Photos of the Rounds & an S curve walnut flitch
These are the rounds (now in the kiln) that will be used for gaming tables mentioned in the last ...
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What do we do with this WOOD?! #5: Just bought a stack of rounds
So today’s “What do I do with this wood?” ... question is about a stack of ...
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Wood Scavenging #2: Mulberry & Osage Orange @ the Mill
As we progress w/ our wood scavenging the mill is doing their job and things are being sliced and...
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What do we do with this WOOD?! #4: MORE wood! - Let's go on past just the bubinga slab - WE GOT MORE WOOD!
Our next batch of Speculation wood – destined for interesting projects of random sorts as w...
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Wood Scavenging #1: Woodworkers make GREAT scavengers ...
OK so we’re ALL scavengers. Never waste good wood … (I think Jack Nicholson made a c...
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Artisans Quarterly Review #13: Woodshop News Aritcle - Woodworker nabs a cameo on Animal Planet
Thanks to “Woodshop News” for our feature in their December 2011 issue! “Woodworker nabs a cameo ...
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Artisans Quarterly Review #12: "Hopewell Woodworker to Appear on Animal Planet"
Artisans of the Valley has had some GREAT publicity this year … We have to thank The Times ...
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What do we do with this WOOD?! #3: A Teaser - The Finished Table!
OK – this is just a teaser shot, but you’ve all been very curious what the plan was f...
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What do we do with this WOOD?! #2: Part II - the slab gets cut and prepped ...
OK … so just a quick update as things are insane lately and we’re prepping for a show...
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Artisans International Television Debut #6: Watch for Episode 5 of "Tanked" September 9th on Animal Planet!
Artisans of the Valley is continuing our climb up the ladder of fame with another television appe...
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The Blending of Art & Wine - A NJ Event! #2: Updated Details for Sept 10th/11th's event!
Hopewell residents are known to appreciate artwork in many forms; often traveling the world on a ...
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Artisans Quarterly Review #11: Volume 4 Issue 3 is now available!
Greetings, Artisans Quarterly Review Volume 4 Issue 3 for 2011 is now available! This issue...
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Artisans Quarterly Review #10: Sneak Preview of "Tanked" tonight @11pm EST on Animal Planet!
Artisans of the Valley will be appearing on an upcoming episode of Animal Planet’s new show...
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The Blending of Art & Wine - A NJ Event! #1: A Call to Artisans, Those Who Appriciate Art, & Wine Lovers!
This is a call to Artisans, Art & Furniture Enthusiasts, and Wine Lovers! – We are invi...
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Artisans Quarterly Review #9: Help Us Boost our FaceBook Fans!
Hey guys – we’re trying to double our FaceBook fan count! Help us out and join us by ...
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Artisans Quarterly Review #8: First Promo Video for Animal Planet's Tanked!
http://animal.discovery.com/videos/tanked-an-aquatic-artform.html Check out the first promo vi...
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Artisans Quarterly Review #7: Press Release by Acrylic Tank Manufacturing on "Tanked" - Artisans will be on air soon!
http://realscreen.com/2011/07/06/animal-planet-looks-to-make-a-splash-with-tanked/ – More d...
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8 Slabs of 375 Year Old White Oak - Projects in Progress #1: Drying and Surfacing the Lumber
OK – so this is going to be a series of unique projects … the material shown in the k...
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Artisans Quarterly Review #6: Artisans Quarterly Review Volume 4 Issue 2 - July 2011
Artisans Quarterly Review Volume 4 Issue 2 by Artisans of the Valley is now available! Greetin...
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What do we do with this WOOD?! #1: Stage 1 - the aquisision of wood ...
So … a woodworker wandering around freely in a lumber yard is, as I’m sure all yaR...
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'Artisans' do woodwork at Statehouse
Artisans of the Valley was featured this week in The Hopewell Valley News! May 19th, 2011 C...
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Using Communications Media to Broadcast Your Business
Check out this Fine Woodworking Blog Article by Arielle Tonkin – Extract and link are below...
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Artisans Quarterly Review #5: Artisans of the Valley is Backing Noodler for Bissell MVP - An Animal Shelter Fund Raiser!
The voting opens at midnight tonight for the Bissell Most Valuable Pet Contest! Artisans o...
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Artisans Quarterly Review #1: Artisans of the Valley's Quarterly Review Vol 4 Issue 1 2011 Released!
Greetings, Welcome to Artisans of the Valley’s “Artisans Quarterly Review” ....
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Artisans International Television Debut #5: Video Now Availble on YouTube!
Our EBRU-TV International television debut is now available on youtube … several people rep...
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The new girl - Dana enters our shop! #6: Not all nail guns, power tools, and knee pads ... so what comes next?
So you’ve seen the jewelry boxes, the whittling in bed, and the hardwood floors. During thi...
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The new girl - Dana enters our shop! #5: Dana takes on the role of Jewelry Organization Consultant
Our new jewelry organization consultant (JOC), Dana Oxenberg, sunlights as a bio-engineer whi...
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The new girl - Dana enters our shop! #4: OK - Dana wanted some non-shop / project related photos ...
OK – Dana wanted some non-shop / project related photos … and she was also hoping to ...
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The new girl - Dana enters our shop! #3: Hard wood and floors ... oh and the new girl ...
Dana has swung back and forth a bit with the concept of having JAP (Jewish American Princess) qua...
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The new girl - Dana enters our shop! #2: How I got to meet her parents ...
So this is wood related – but spins to the personal story … I think it fits once you ...
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The new girl - Dana enters our shop! #1: We have a new shop girl ...
So – some of you have put me on your buddy list and have followed some of the saga (sitcom)...
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Check out Waterlox's first E-newsletter!
Waterlox published their first E-newsletter this month and is celebrating their 100th Anniversary...
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Video demo of Gem Industries Random Ortibal Sander/Polisher
In case anyone’s interested – we followed up on our review last year of the Gem Indus...
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Philadelphia 2010 Furniture Show Photos
http://www.facebook.com/?ref=home#!/album.php?aid=154072&id=187687888147&ref=mf A few ...
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Artisans Quarterly Review #2: Artisans of the Valley Quarterly Review Newsletter – Vol 3 Issue 1 Released!
Artisans of the Valley Quarterly Review Newsletter – Vol 3 Issue 1 Released! By Eric Saperstei...
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Artisans carve a place in the modern world
Greetings! Just a quick entry featuring some recent publicity – local newspapers are a g...
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Wall Street Journal Blog Article - "A Handmade Tale"
http://magazine.wsj.com/features/gift-guide/a-handmade-tale/ By Katherine Rosman | Photographs...
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Restoration of the Game - Antique Chess Set Restorations
Museum Quality antique and collectible chess set restoration by Artisans of the Valley including ...
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Artisans Quarterly Review #3: Artisans of the Valley Quarterly Review Newsletter – Vol 2 Issue 5 Released!
Artisans Quarterly Review is released only four times a year, plus a few special announcements. A...
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Artisans International Television Debut #4: Blank Canvas Episode 4 - Video Link
Greetings, http://www.artisansofthevalley.com/docs/Blank_Canvas-1-04-Liu_and_Saperstein.wmv ...
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Artisans of the Valley Re-Up's Membership with TODL 3200+ leads YTD
Artisans of the Valley joined the Trade Only Design Library, launching our presence into this wor...
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Join "Artisans of the Valley" on Facebook!
Keep up on the latest and greatest by Artisans of the Valley by joining our Facebook Group! ht...
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Artisans 2010 Philadelphia Furniture Show #1: Artisans of the Valley Scheduled to Attend the 2010 Philadelphia Fine Furniture Show!
Artisans of the Valley will be attending the 2010 Philadelphia Fine Furniture Show pending in Mar...
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Artisans International Television Debut #3: Custommade.com Announces Artisans of the Valley's EBRU-TV Feature
If you haven’t visited http://www.custommade.com yet now’s a good time/excuse …...
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www.airtoolreview.com: Interview with Artisans of the Valley - Part I
Artisans’ Master Craftsman Eric M. Saperstein recently got the opportunity to interview with www....
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Artisans International Television Debut #2: Episode 4 of "Blank Canvas" - Artisans International TV Debut is Available Online!
Artisans of the Valley’s feature on EBRU-TV’s “Blank Canvass” is now onli...
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Artisans International Television Debut #1: Initial Announcements - Artisans International TV Debut on EBRU-TV's "BLANK CANVAS"
Artisans of the Valley is joining the ranks of international TV stars! ... OK fine we’r...
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The Ultimate Orbital Polisher – Gem Industries Takes on Wood!
Artisans of the Valley reviews the Gem Industries Orbital Polisher – a 16lb perfectly balan...
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Artisans EBRU-TV Artist Profile on “Blank Canvas” – Air Date September 24, 2009
For those whom are new to our blog site – Artisans of the Valley with our full cast of characters...
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Artisans Quarterly Review #4: Artisans of the Valley Quarterly Review Newsletter – Vol 2 Issue 3 Released!
Artisans Quarterly Review is Artisans of the Valley’s Quarterly Newsletter. Every quarter w...
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"The Birth of Artemis" - Chronicles of a custom Jay Fisher Chef's Knife. (Product Marketing Example)
Article Link: http://www.artisansofthevalley.com/docs/The_Birth_of_Artemis_Chronicles_of_a_Cus...
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Investment Grade Blades (Part II) - Tacticle Diversity in your art portfolio.
Greetings, We’ve just released the much anticipated Part II to our Investment Grade Blad...
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Artisans of the Valley TODL Category Feature – August 2009
Artisans of the Valley was featured today (August 24, 2009) in a Trade Only Design Library (TODL)...
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Lifestyles of the Rich & Feathered Presents - Extreme Bird Houses
Continuing on our trend to feature artists from www.lumberjocks.com on our blog site … (OK ...
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Furniture Restoration in the 21st Century - Circa 1920-1940 Comes of Age
Article By Stanley D. SapersteinArtisans of the ValleyMaster Craftsman, Emeritus ”As we ...
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Hardwood Walnut Clock by Charles Maxwell and Dan Cooney
This is a recent blog post on our site – featuring the work of Charles Maxwell, a woodworke...
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