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	Cathy Krumrei Face-to-Face with Logs
	Sylvie Rosenthal A New Voice in Woodworking
	Kay Pomroy Rising Up by Reaching Down
	Judy Caldwell Artist Turns to Carving Animals Instead
	Judy Threet Carving Whimsy in Wood
	Christine Coffman Carving Whimsy in Wood
	Connie Slagle Need a House? Get a Shovel
	Janet Collins A Winding Path to Traditional Furniture
	Beth Ireland Over the years, Beth Ireland has made quite a name for herself in the field of woodworking as a cabinetmaker, furniture maker, architectural turner, spiral stair maven, lathe artist and woodworking instructor and lecturer.
	Alice Porembski Where Contentment Meets Creativity
	Jennifer Shirley Turning a hobby into repeated acts of kindness.
	Layne Halliday Bigger is definitely not better in Layne Halliday’s miniature world.
	Kim Kelzer With fantastic carving, upholstery, and outrageous paint treatments, Kim Kelzer makes whimsical furniture that can just as easily be called art.
	Roseanne Somerson Once denied entry to shop class, Roseanne Somerson now heads one of the most respected college-level woodworking programs -- and is designing a line of dorm room furniture.
	An Apropos Locale for an Enchanting Woodworker Johanna Johanson signs her many online contributions with the charming sobriquet "Johanna – in The Land of Enchantment," and perhaps that is what first caught my eye. It's the motto of her beloved home state, New Mexico, where, she says, she has been called "a walking chamber of commerce." A frequent contributor to both Woodcentral and Women in Woodworking, she says she reads both sites every day.
	To say Teresa K. Jenkins has lived an interesting, varied life would be a huge understatement. After receiving a degree in mechanical engineering and working as an aerospace engineer, Teresa made a change. She's now doing what she loves best - furniture making and landscape design.
	Ellen Cox Grinds Out Beautiful Works of Art Ellen Cox of Memphis, TN takes refuge in her workshop, where she specializes in making sculptural wood pieces, primarily small boxes that have unusual twists and turns. She also builds larger furniture pieces with her husband, Dale.
	Leslie Ravey and Jo Alcade: Making the Jump Leslie Ravey and Jo Alcade of Willis, Texas, formed their company "AR Images" in 1993, specializing in accent tables, mirrors and other small furniture. They now travel the country to show their work at juried art shows, drawing praise from clients for their handcrafted fine furniture.
	Cindy Drozda: Balancing Beautiful Wood with Beautiful Design Cindy Drozda turns big old heavy chunks of ancient burl into beautifully turned shapes and vessels. In this article, Cindy discusses the process of turning one of those massive pieces of wood into a delicate work of art.
	Woodchicks: Jumping into Woodworking, and Flying onto Success Kathy DiFede and partner Gabrielle Bompadre of Santa Fe, New Mexico combine original and sometimes whimsical designs, subcontracted production, and marketing savvy, to make Woodchicks a very successful business. They design and sell a diverse line of furniture, furnishings and decorative pieces.
	Caprice Glaser : Creativity and Craftsmanship The artistic bug obviously bit Caprice Glaser at a young age. Her mother, Frances, who worked as a cell animator for Walt Disney on such movies as Song of the South and Snow White, was a guiding influence.
	April Pugh: Her Passion is Her Profession "Some of my furniture that (incorporates) raw slabs, it is the wood itself that inspires me; the grain, the color. I've really tried to alter it as little as possible. I'm not one to use dyes or stains. Sometimes it's just a magnificent switch of wood that inspires me. As George Nakashima says, you just want to give it a second life."
	Brenda Behrens's Woodcarver and Woodturner Forty years ago, halfway around the world, Brenda Behrens had a rather auspicious start to her woodworking career. While her then-husband was stationed at the U.S. Naval Air Facility in Atsugi, Japan, Behrens spent several days each week taking woodworking classes with a handful of other Navy wives.
	Lois Keneer Ventura's Bandsawn Boxes When I first saw a copy of Lois Keneer Ventura's Building Beautiful Boxes with Your Bandsaw book, I was instantly intrigued. To grasp the idea of devoting all your woodworking hours to one type of project, while still being able to make each piece an individual work of art, I simply had to ask, "Why bandsawn boxes?"
	Women's Woodworking Guild of Colorado It's hard to say whether or not the Women's Woodworking Guild of Colorado would even exist today if it had not been for the 86 balustrades that Pamela Philpott-Jones needed to turn for a staircase in her family's finely crafted fixer-upper.
	Janel Jacoboson: It's a Small World After All It could be said of Janel Jacobson that she sees things in a very small way. For one thing, she looks for the world that many of us pass by without seeing: The leaf curled in on itself, the tiny frog clinging to a twig, the tree cricket flattened against a day lily.
	Jane Spangenberg: Non-conformist in a Traditional Craft There is probably a genetic predisposition to woodworking in Jane. Her introduction to woodworking happened during her earliest years in South Africa, where her grandfather had a large woodworking shop in which he made his own furniture.
	Jo Johnson: A Business Comes Out of the Woods Making the cards was both labor-intensive and costly. In short, too much so for the price the cards could fetch. In the meantime, she had landed her first real client who bought both note cards and business cards – meaning that Jo was now doing both wholesale and custom orders simultaneously.
	Raven Tekwe: Woodworking to a Different Beat As anybody who has been involved in woodworking for a period of time can tell you, part of what makes it so enjoyable is that it has so many forms. Turning, carving, and furniture making are some that come automatically to mind. Raven Tekwe's particular form of woodworking my not sound as familiar, but it makes a grand noise. Raven makes drums.
	Scroll Saw Artist Shirley Jones Outlines Nature's Beauty One of Jones' favorite pieces is a scroll saw lamp, which features an intricate nature design. She entered the lamp in the Rockler Woodworking and Hardware 5th Annual Woodworking Contest, winning top honors in the Scroll Saw/Intarsia category.
	Cindy Vargas: Making Furniture Dance As a young girl, Cindy Vargas was a dance student who dreamed of one day becoming a dancer or choreographer. While she pursued dance into her early 20s, Vargas has since found a different -- albeit unusual -- way to express her creative passion of movement and music: furniture making.
	Barb Siddiqui: Always Something New to Learn ... and Teach Three years ago, Barb decided to commit herself to woodworking when she sold the bookstore she owned for 20 years and fully equipped her shop. She now works part time for a bus tour company, which gives her enough time to immerse herself in woodworking.