Woodworking/Building Resource Links
The Port Townsend School of Woodworking The Port Townsend School of Woodworking offers high-quality classes and seminars on a variety of woodworking topics and skills. The school's initial curriculum is based around introductory lecture and demonstration courses that are conducted using facilities at Fort Worden State Park.
Longer term, the school plans to offer an intensive education in Fine Furnituremaking and Fine Cabinetmaking in a fully equipped shop and classroom facility. John Marckworth, together with fellow woodworkers Tim Lawson and Jim Tolpin, is a founding faculty member of the program. For more information about Port Townsend go to PT Guide
The Cottage Home Network is organized to give you a glimpse of Cottage Homes, the people who design and build them and a large collection of resources for further exploration. The stimulus for sharing the information on this site comes from writing "The New Cottage Home" by Jim Tolpin.
Edensaw Woods, Ltd., of Port Townsend, WA imports, wholesales and retails lumber, plywood, veneers, hardware and tools to supply the furniture, cabinetry and boatbuilding trades and industries.
Fine Homebuilding Magazine, published by Taunton Press of Newtown, CT offers a wealth of articles on home and interior design and building.
Fine Woodworking Magazine, published by Taunton Press of Newtown, CT offers a wealth of articles on wood and woodworking.
FSC, Forest Stewardship Council. The Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) is an independent, non-profit, non-governmental organization. It was founded in 1993 by a diverse group of representatives from environmental and conservation groups, the timber industry, the forestry profession, indigenous peoples' organizations, community forestry groups and forest product certification organizations from 25 countries.
The Furniture Society is a tax-exempt, nonprofit organization founded in 1996, whose mission is: To advance the art of furniture making by inspiring creativity, promoting excellence, and fostering an understanding of this art and its place in society. The Furniture Society strives bring those involved in the field of studio furniture together.
Popular Woodworking Press publishes Popular Woodworking Magazine and a variety of books on woodworking. Beautiful Wooden Projects for Outdoor Living, by John Marckworth, is published by Popular Woodworking Books. Publishers of:
Beautiful Wooden Projects for Outdoor Living, by John Marckworth.
Rainforest Alliance. The Rainforest Alliance is an international nonprofit organization dedicated to the conservation of tropical forests for the benefit of the global community.
Stanley Rill is a professional woodcarver in Port Townsend, WA. He and John Marckworth have collaborated on a number of furniture projects.
Silva Forest Foundation. The Silva Forest Foundation, (SFF), is a nonprofit organization based in the West Kootenay of British Columbia, Canada,. The board and staff of the SFF are scientists and activists with decades of experience in working with rural communities to develop diverse forest uses, which protect, maintain and restore forests.
SmartWood. Initiated in 1989, SmartWood was the first forest management certification program of its kind, operating in all forest types on a worldwide basis. SmartWood is a program of the Rainforest Alliance, an international nonprofit environmental group based in New York City. The SmartWood Program reduces the negative impacts of commercial forestry by awarding its seal of approval to responsible forest managers.
The Splinter Group is a loosely-organized volunteer organization of six professional woodworkers in Port Townsend, WA. Together they organize and present the annual Port Townsend Woodworkers’ Show.
For more information on Port Townsend events go to
www.ptguide.com
Taunton Press, of Newtown, CT publishes a wide variety of books and magazines on woodworking, homebuilding, gardening, cooking and fiber arts.
U.S. Green Building Council. The U.S. Green Building Council is the nation's foremost coalition of leaders from across the building industry working to promote buildings that are environmentally responsible, profitable, and healthy places to live and work.
