Doug Stowe elevates building table to a fine art as he guides readers through the process of crafting beautiful custom tables. Nine different projects are explored, in magnificent full-color photographs and 3-D illustrations, showing all the key techniques necessary to make practical yet exquisite tables. Woodworker, writer and photographer Doug Stowe brings a true artist's touch to Making Elegant Custom Tables. This excellent how-to-book is a must for all woodworkers, from beginners through master craftsmen, interested in building something a little more elaborate and a lot more elegant.
Doug Stowe began his career as a woodworker in 1976, making custom furniture and small boxes. He lives on a wooded hillside at the edge of Eureka Springs, Arkansas and specializes in the use of Arkansas hardwoods. In 1995, he began writing how-to articles for a variety of woodworking magazines. In 1997 his first woodworking book was published and his sixth in the fall of 2009. He is also the author of two Taunton DVDs, Basic Box Making and Rustic Furniture Basics.
In 2001, he began a woodworking program at the Clear Spring School, designed to integrate woodworking activities to stimulate and reinforce academic curriculum, restoring the rationale for the use of crafts in general education and demonstrating its effectiveness. In 2009 he was named an "Arkansas Living Treasure" by the Arkansas Department of Heritage and Arkansas Arts Council for his contributions to traditional crafts and craft education.
