Shows
Shop Talk Live - Fine WoodworkingSTL: It's Not a Robot, It's a CoBot!Zach and Shawn from Shaper Tools join Ben and Logan on the AWFS show floor in Vegas to talk about BenchPilot, all things Shaper Origin, and what they're seeing in the community that excites them. This episode is sponsored by Shaper Tools Folks Shawn and Zach talked about: Kim McIntyre - https://www.instagram.com/mcintyrefurniture/ Aspen Golann - https://www.instagram.com/aspen_golann/ Die Gute Form 2025 Award winners! - https://www.tischler-schreiner.de/die-gute-form-2025 --- For more information on BenchPilot and the Shaper Origin: https://www.shapertools.com/
2025-08-0245 min
The Colin McEnroe ShowTake a seat and listen to our hour on chairsWhat can we learn about ourselves from what we sit on? This hour, the history of chairs, their impact on our lifestyle and health, and what’s in store for their future. Plus, we celebrate the joy of a well-designed chair, talk with a chair maker, and discuss some of our favorite examples. GUESTS: Galen Cranz: Professor emerita of architecture at the University of California at Berkeley, a founding member of the Association for Body Conscious Design, and the author of The Chair: Rethinking Culture, Body and Design, among other books Aspen Gol...
2024-05-2950 min
The Colin McEnroe ShowTake a seat and listen to our hour on chairsWhat can we learn about ourselves from what we sit on? This hour, the history of chairs, their impact on our lifestyle and health, and what’s in store for their future. Plus, we celebrate the joy of a well-designed chair, talk with a chair maker, and discuss some of our favorite examples. GUESTS: Galen Cranz: Professor emerita of architecture at the University of California at Berkeley and a founding member of the Association for Body Conscious Design; she is the author of The Chair: Rethinking Culture, Body and Design, among other boo...
2023-10-1849 min
Art RestartWoodworker and furniture-maker Aspen Golann likes having rules to both heed and push back against in her craft, but she's also working to toss out the rules of who's been traditionally welcomed into the wood shop.Woodworker, furniture-maker, artist and educator Aspen Golann trained at the renowned North Bennet Street School in Boston and specializes in building furniture with the techniques of 18th and 19th century American fine woodworking. Her pieces aren’t mere modern iterations of a centuries-old tradition, however. They also often exhibit very modern feminist touches that acknowledge and subvert the power and function of furniture, traditionally made by men, that is created for domestic spaces, historically the domain of women. Aspen’s work has earned her the admiration of the arts-and-crafts establishment. Her work has been featured in American Craf...
2023-08-0729 min
Shop Talk Live - Fine WoodworkingSTL294: The Chair GeeksIn this episode, we talk about all things Windsor chairs with Aspen Golann and Kelly Harris, as well as their involvement with The Chairmaker's Toolbox. Links from this episode can be found here - http://www.shoptalklive.com Sign up for the Fine Woodworking weekly eLetter - https://www.finewoodworking.com/newsletter Sign up for a Fine Woodworking Unlimited membership - https://www.finewoodworking.com/unlimited Every two weeks, a team of Fine Woodworking staffers answers questions from readers on Shop Talk Live, Fine Woodworking‘s biweekly podcast. Send your woodworking questions t...
2023-06-301h 08
Why Make? PodcastWhy Make? Episode 51: Aspen GolannThe long awaited conversation on Why Make? Podcast with artist and maker Aspen Golaan.
2023-06-251h 09
Daniel House Book ClubThe Most Beautiful Chair in the WorldAs part of our look at 1000 Chairs, Peter is joined by furniture maker Aspen Golann who describes some of the key aspects of making a perfect Windsor Chair. She didn’t call the Windsor the most beautiful chair in the world, btw, those are our words.https://danielhouse.club
2022-03-0859 min
MWA Podcast - Woodworking ConversationsMWA 385 - Aspen Golan and the 5 WaysAspen Golann joins us again to talk about the 5 Ways you can make it in woodworking. This is a fascinating discussion on the strategies Aspen uses to further her career as an artist and woodworker. Check it out!
2022-02-1229 minMWA Podcast - Woodworking ConversationsMWA384 - Aspen Golann InterviewAspen Golann joins us to talk about all the incredible projects she is working on. From the Chairmaker's Toolbox project, to classes, residencinces, and those fabulous brushes. There's much to learn from an outstanding artist, humanitarian and woodworker. Check it out!
2022-02-051h 11
Crafting a RevolutionEpisode 216 - Asen GolannTo furniture maker and artist Aspen Golann it’s more than just a tenon - seemingly simple details have a vast backstory and implications within a larger social narrative that Golann can’t help but see with every joint she makes. She is also an instructor and educator, and is currently traveling and launching The Chairmaker’s Toolbox, an equity initiative to get the tools and knowledge of Windsor chairmaking into the hands, minds and hearts of those who have been historically excluded from the practice. She launched the initiative with the support as recipient of the 2020 John D. Mincek...
2021-12-031h 09
BRAHM TO GOBranching Out Episode 3: Derrick BeasleyDerrick Beasley is a multimedia artist and activist based in Durham, NC. He describes himself as a visual artist, creating at the intersection of community and imagination. He works in photography, graphic design, woodwork, installation, cultural space-making, and community organizing. It is through these mediums that he works to facilitate conversations between the individual and their own imagination.
The following quote comes from Derrick's artist statement, "I take the familiar and abstract it enough to stretch our perception of what is possible. In doing this, I imagine new worlds where we are less concerned with validating our h...
2021-10-2243 min
BRAHM TO GOEpisode 14: Branching Out: Aspen GolannHello this is Willard Watson, and you are listening to BRAHM to go. Welcome to season 2 of our podcast. This season we will meet a group of artists who have spent their lives working with wood.
Wood is one of the most versatile of materials. It can be malleable or rigid, light or dark, smooth or rough, young or old. Artists carve, cut, sand, sculpt, bend, bind, and burn it.
Branching Out: Works in Wood from North Carolina features a diverse selection of work, ranging from wooden furniture to sculpture, as well as a variety o...
2021-10-0540 min
BRAHM TO GOEpisode 13: Branching Out Works in Wood from North CarolinaHello this is Willard Watson, and you are listening to BRAHM to go. Welcome to season 2 of our podcast. This season we will meet a group of artists who have spent their lives working with wood.
Wood is one of the most versatile of materials. It can be malleable or rigid, light or dark, smooth or rough, young or old. Artists carve, cut, sand, sculpt, bend, bind, and burn it.
Branching Out: Works in Wood from North Carolina features a diverse selection of work, ranging from wooden furniture to sculpture, as well as a variety o...
2021-09-2309 min
Cut the CraftEpisode 033: Aspen GolannEpisode Recorded June 28, 2021. Aspen Golann is a dynamo furniture maker based in North Carolina who started out her craft career dabbling in weaving before being drawn to woodworking at North Bennet Street School in Boston, Massachusetts. Recently she’s been collaborating and working on a new craft equity project looking for tool makers in the field that are under-recognized for their amazing work. In the episode she also reflects upon the lifestyle she wants to create as a craftsperson; learning to “water the plant” as opposed to “keeping a snowman from melting." Tune into this jam-packed episode for more...
2021-08-241h 04
Woodworkers PodcastAspen Golann, Serial CrafterArtist, furniture maker and pancake marquetarian, Aspen Golann joins us for a fantastic sit down. We talk North Bennet Street School, collaboration work with Pete Galbert, and her new gig at Penland School of Crafts along with how the heck she’s been able to accomplish all that she has in the last 2 years and 3 months of being involved in Woodworking.
2019-05-061h 03