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Jon Binzen

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Jonathan Binzen is a former senior editor at Fine Woodworking and continues to contribute to the magazine as an author, identifying and interviewing most of the woodworkers whose work appears on the back cover. In the 1980s he taught woodworking at a school for refugees in Philadelphia and later spent several years in Malaysia writing, working in a refugee camp, and making furniture in a Malay shop. These days he lives in New Milford, Connecticut. Between loads of laundry and trips to the elementary school with his daughters, he writes about furniture and interiors.

  • The mighty mortise-and-tenon

    May 15, 2020

    Jon Binzen assembled a collection of articles on this powerful, protean joint.

  • Deeper into Israel Martin’s shop

    November 5, 2019

    Israel Martin's cover story in this year's Tools & Shops issue provides an intriguing view into his hand-tool-only shop. Here are some of the wonderful details, texture, and quirks you didn't see in the article.

  • Limbert Deconstructed

    March 8, 2019

    At first glance, Charles Limbert’s designs might look similar to other Arts and Crafts furniture, but his work has distinct details that make his pieces stand out from other designs of the genre. Jonathan Binzen breaks out what makes Limbert’s designs unique.

  • Silas Kopf: Majoring in Marquetry

    October 19, 2018

    A master of marquetry, Kopf is self-taught, learning mostly from a book and through trial and error

  • Steve Brown Takes the Measure of a Chair

    August 24, 2018

    Steve Brown, of the Cabinet and Furniture Making Department at Boston's North Bennet Street School, takes the viewer on a guided tour of an 18th-century Queen Anne side chair. Brown…

  • Michael Hurwitz: Planks into Poetry

    June 29, 2018

    Philadelphia furniture maker Michael Hurwitz is one of the most talented designer/makers currently working. In this slide show he discusses a selection of pieces he's made over the past thirty years.

  • Lael Gordon: Prismatic Patterns

    June 1, 2018

    Lael Gordon knows that the joy for him lay in making an exploration of each piece he builds; rather than struggle against that impulse in order to make money

  • Masters of the Craft: Dean Pulver – Sculpted Furniture

    May 4, 2018

    With his sculpted furniture, Dean Pulver combines the efficiency of machine work with the satisfaction of handwork

  • Where CNC meets handwork: Owain Harris

    February 20, 2018

    You might think that a woodworker who dives into using CNC equipment either doesn’t much like working by hand or doesn’t know how. Neither would be remotely true of Owain Harris.

  • Binzen Blog: A visit with Len Cullum

    October 12, 2017

    Outtakes from a photo shoot When I visited Len Cullum at his shop in Seattle this summer to shoot photos for his article on making Japanese-style sawhorses, I was knocked…

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