JMCraftworks Recent Blog Posts

Custom Framing now available at our Etsy Shop
on Dec 23, 2009Handcrafted gallery style frames of solid American Hardwoods. In oak, walnut, cherry, or maple with a clear finish or you can customize with a color of your choice. We can also construct double frames, triptychs, or shadow boxes. You can order one of...




on Dec 9, 2009Quilted Wall HangingThree squares for three maple leaves, cut and stitched in serene colors and fabrics. The fabric leaves were cut using an actual leaf as the pattern. Machine quilting flows freely around the leaves, and is unique to each square.The...




on Nov 20, 2009These boxes, like all our work, are strongly influenced by the American Shakers. They never fashioned items with elaborate details or extra decorations, but only made things for their intended uses. Shaker designs are characterized by austerity and s...




on Oct 3, 2009The latest wood & glass combo. This one on display at Art Source Gallery in Boise, ID, a box of cherry and walnut with a fused glass collage inset in the lid. "Fall Aspen Box" by Laura Johnson, of Wild IDeas Glass.




on Sep 18, 2009The latest in a running collaboration with a fused-glass artist. This is the first of a set of eleven boxes of various sizes & shapes that will be finished this September. The box is constructed from a beautiful oak burl that I sliced into panels to...




on Jul 28, 2009Two of the latest boxes made in collaboration with Wild Ideas Glass. These are how the finished pieces go together, with a beautiful collage of fused glass framed in the lids. The glasswork uses several layers of glass and has a fantastic transpare...