Utah Craftsmen
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Turner Guitar Company: Ogden Craftsman Mends Guitars
In addition to repairing instruments and amps, Turner also builds custom lap steel guitars from skateboard decks.
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Moab’s Desert Sun Ceramics
Desert Sun Ceramics is open to novices and experts alike. The mission is “to provide a creative, inspirational learning environment where everyone can explore the wonderful nature of clay.”
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John Young: Luthier
A violin starts with the wood. John explains how the quality and the density of the wood comprise the instrument’s strength and flexibly. At different thicknesses the wood will vibrate…
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Hats off to Jim Whittington
Jim Whittington says he never “moved” to Salt Lake City in 1963. “I found myself here after a two-week drunken binge. I was in Helper, then somehow woke up in…
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Arley Curtz: Pipe Making and Memory Collecting
For Arley Curtz, a pipe is more than just a way to smoke tobacco. It summons up a time when pipe smoking was both acceptable and part of a gentler…
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Bladesmith Jared Williams Holds an Edge in the World of Custom Knives
Bladesmithing is a time-honored skill that is centuries old, and knives are Jared’s passion.
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Artisan Bowls Made from Discarded Trees
Kevin Hicks is a woodturner and the owner of Big Ash Bowls, a South Jordan-based one-man shop that makes artisan wooden bowls, serving utensils, and French rolling pins.