Photo Provided Six Marietta High School students spent spring semester hand building a wooden kayak through the school’s art program, under the direction of art teacher Heath Rader. Sophomores Emma ...

“My favorite part was Day One. You start with a few pieces of wood, and by the end of the day it begins to look like a boat.” Matthew Smurthwaite places a strip of mahogany plywood as he speaks. “My ...

KINGSTON, N.Y. >> A “Wood Duck Kayak” building program will take place at the Hudson River Maritime Museum from July 7 to 15. The program is designed to teach participants how to use a wood duck kayak ...

While we don’t feature many woodworking projects here, we always love learning from people who really know their stuff in any medium. [Brian Oltrogge] showed us a hands-off way to shape aluminum with ...

PORT TOWNSEND — There is still one more day to explore the world of wooden kayaks during the annual West Coast Wooden Kayak Rendezvous at Fort Worden State Park. The rendezvous, which began Friday, ...

Now that kayaking our urban waterways has become an overnight sensation, kayakers are taking the sport more seriously than ever. While renting or owning a kayak is certainly nice, there are some out ...

Before 2013, the last time that Richard Purgason had done any woodworking was in his seventh-grade shop class, where he had built a napkin holder that “is not among the family heirlooms.” In the past ...

KINGSTON, N.Y. – The Wooden Boat School at Hudson River Maritime Museum will offer a number of boat building classes throughout 2022, allowing students to work with instructors to create their own ...

Art hangs in museums, graces local trails and it floats on water when Tony Eliasen slips his sleek hand-made wooden canoe into the lake. The canoe is a beautiful, gleaming sight to behold when Eliasen ...