As our staff looked ahead to assembling this anniversary issue, I spent a lot of time looking back—paging slowly through Fine Woodworking’s early issues to take the pulse of the magazine when it was young; skipping around from decade to decade to find furniture that particularly impressed me in the articles where I had discovered it; reading stray bits at random that drew me in a second time.

All that looking back eventually impelled me to turn forward again and assemble an article filled with work by a range of woodworkers whose careers have launched in the last decade or two. I ended up identifying so much superb work that we’ve had to split the article in two; a second batch of makers will be featured in an issue later this year. It’s a delight to share work I so admire—and to know from experience that this is but the tip of the tip of the iceberg and that I’m likely to find more inspiring woodwork right behind the next workshop door.

The amazing woodworkers featured in our 50th issue #317

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