Keith Dickson pulled a thin slab of cherry wood from a pile wrapped tight with plastic and placed it in a long rectangular box filled with boiling water. “Some nights I bend 50 to 100 bands of wood,” ...

Robert LeHay used to roam antique stores with his parents and grandparents, all of whom were in the antiques business. Then he started helping his parents make Shaker furniture to sell alongside their ...

ASHBURNHAM — Bob Brennan started making Shaker oval boxes to see if he could. Now it’s become a way of life. “You can make anything, any type of box,” he said Friday. Shaker oval boxes were made by ...

K eith Griffith does his best work with Jack Johnson songs playing in the background. He’s tried rock and roll, pop and even jazz, but nothing gets his creative juices flowing quite like Johnson’s ...

Master Woodworker, Dean Gregory, takes host, Matt Burchett, through the process of creating a shaker box with some thin sheets of wood, a few tools, and some steam. Making is available to stream on ...

Were there left-handed Shaker craftsmen? Collectors have noticed that the famous Shaker boxes were made with "fingers" that point right or left. The Shakers are a religious order with communities in ...

Were there left-handed Shaker craftsmen? Collectors have noticed that the famous Shaker boxes were made with “fingers” that point right or left. The Shakers are a religious order with communities in ...

PITTSFIELD — Want to celebrate an inspirational president this weekend? You can celebrate the legacy of the President Jimmy Carter and first lady Rosalynn Carter, ahead of Monday's holiday, while also ...