Kate Taylor Creative Woodworking

Bio of the woodworker.

In March 2009 Woodworkers Journal featured me in issue 218 of their Ezine. It was a nice piece and I was pleased to be included in their Today's Woodworker column. When I read the article it made me realize how long I've been woodworking and how things have changed for me over the years.

My woodworking career began when I was in my early twenties. I worked for a friend who built custom log homes (my first dovetails were made with a chainsaw).

From there I went on to work for cabinetmakers, making custom kitchens and occasionally making cabinets for institutions such as schools and hospitals.

While working for other people I continued to work on my own, making gifts for friends and family. As I improved I started to make things to sell.

Then, before I knew it, I was in business. I now run a one-woman woodworking business, outside Boston, called Kate Taylor Creative Woodworking.

I make furniture, cabinets

and yes, boxes.

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I sell my work on-line and in a few local shops , but most of my business is through word-of-mouth.

The exciting news is that I've recently added solar panels to my shop. They are already providing most of the electricity I need, although, during the New England winter, production will drop back.

In the past few years I've also added teaching to my repertoire and I now have classes and on-going "open-shop" time at my studio. A part of me has always been a teacher and this is a wonderful way to combine my love of woodworking with my love of teaching.

This website is an offshoot of that love of teaching.

If you have a particular topic you would like to see covered please let me know.

Thanks for your interest in me and my business.

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