‘Nick Offerman explains the pleasures of woodworking and why he won’t vote for Trump.’ Read the full interview with Esquire here.
October, 2016
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Amy Poehler’s Smart Girls came for a tour at OWS and streamed it live on Facebook. Check out the video.
September, 2016
Nick’s third book ‘Good Clean Fun’ gets a mention along with up-coming book tour dates in Entertainment Weekly, check out the article here.
September, 2016
Nick and OWS feature in Popular Mechanics Magazine
August, 2016
Nick gives Popular Mechanics his two cents on ‘delicious living’ and OWS shows Augustus F. Hawkins High School in South Central LA how to make raised flower beds. Full interview and how-to included.
Routing the Paddle Blade
July, 2016
We’re sharing a bonus segment from Good Clean Fun on how to route a paddle blade.
Notes from the 2016 Furniture Society Conference
July, 2016
Lee recently presented at the 2016 Furniture Society Conference in Philadelphia alongside Laura Zahn of Allied Woodshop and JD Sassaman of Pier 9. Read her extensive notes on what was a remarkable event.
OWS at PS Arts benefit
June, 2016
OWS recently had the opportunity to give back to the community by participating in PS Arts’ 25th anniversary benefit. Lee and Matty, along with friends from Angel City Lumber, ventured down to Hollywood for an epic soiree with a good cause.
Summer Slabbing with Angel City Lumber
June, 2016
We recently teamed up with the brawn and brains of Angel City Lumber for our quadrennial slabbing session. ACL run a sustainable lumber operation that collaborates with municipalities and private landowners to keep fallen trees from the landfill or the wood chipper and instead transform them into beautiful lumber and slabs.
Nick shares some reflections with This Old House host Kevin O’Connor about how and where his love of woodworking first began.
May, 2016
Woodworkers’ trek turned into furniture for upcoming exhibition at Craft and Folk Art Museum
May, 2016
Last summer, two woodworkers and long time friends—Lee, shop manager at OWS, and J Sassaman, shop manager at AutoDesk’s Pier 9 workshop in San Francisco, shaved their heads and hit the southern Sierra for a 200 mile trek along the John Muir Trail.
‘Good Clean Fun’ now on presale!
April, 2016
That’s right folks. Read the official word from Nick on his new literary gem Good Clean Fun.
Nick speaks about new documentary – ‘The Seer: A Portrait of Wendell Berry’
March, 2016
Nick has been involved in the production of an incredible documentary about Wendell Berry entitled ‘The Seer: A Portrait of Wendell Berry. It’s premiering at SXSW. Read what Nick has to say about it.