Diversity in Woodworking

Opinion

Woodworking named the trade hardest hit by skill shortage, says recent survey

Blake Schwartz is a co-owner of Eagle Woodworking, where he leads the company’s sales and marketing efforts. His work focuses on market analysis, customer acquisition, and developing educational content and resources that help contractors, cabinetmakers, and builders grow their businesses.

Design

Crafting Scala: How a 17,000-pound sculpture came to be

Of the many works built by Chicago-based Navillus Woodworks', one of the most impressive is an 8.5-ton sculpture that hangs on the University of Illinois Chicago campus. The piece made of wood combines Caribbean architectural heritage with communal gathering concepts that "create a vast, textured visual plane" that hangs in the building’s atrium space

Market Leaders

Meet the 2025 Wood Industry Market Leaders

Meet the 2025 Wood Industry Market Leaders, a group of elite individuals who are not just helping their companies and brands survive, but thrive, all while navigating economic, labor, tariffs, and other issues impacting today’s top producers. They are (pictured top, left to right): Todd Wanek, Ashley Furniture Industries; Joel Epstein, Fabuwood; Andy Rosenband, Morgan Li; Jonathan Rosenband, Morgan Li; Randy Tallman, The Stow Company; Kristine Cox, Rowland Woodworking Inc.; and Brian Dougherty, ClosetMaid