Paul Sellers

Hands at work have always intrigued me. In a New York café, the walls were lined with rough sketches of baker's hands kneading dough, forming bread to shape and sliding bread into a brick oven. The sketches caught the essence of the baker who drew them. I was

Making drawers utterly by hand takes mastery, there is no doubt in my mind. Establishing patterns early on in your making strategies ensures speed and accuracy. For my drawers, I needed 5/8" stock but could only buy in 3/4" material preplaned. But preplaned did not mean

I made a few of these recently, and we filmed how to make one for YT, so here is the link for you to follow: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4gRIkUidQWg Two strips of wood, grooved, and a piece of birch plywood came from offcuts I wouldn't

Overworking is not always about putting in too many hours because of job demands, it can be as much about fussing around in miniscule ways that sends a work over the top. I have made many pieces in my lifetime as a maker. Occasionally, some pieces, large and small, ended

If you know me at all, watch my videos and such, you'll see me mark my chisel to the length of my tenon with a Sharpie so that I know when to stop the main chopping...but then you'll see me make another lighter pass taking

It took about an hour to create this amount of shavings, no more. Swept up from the whole floor, they'd fill a 100 litre bin bag. I planed wood for five continuous hours, and it felt really invigorating. I'd compare it to at least a marathon&