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Daniel Barousse: Skateboarding, Woodworking, and Mobile Creation
Welcome to our creator spotlight featuring Daniel Barousse, the designer, craftsman, and lifelong skateboarder behind Barousse Works. Barousse Works is not just a workshop; it’s a creative studio rooted in the powerful philosophy that "Art from what’s been ridden. Purpose...
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Scott Seaman: Building a Homegrown Canoe
Scott Seaman truly put the ‘home’ in homemade with his recent DIY wooden canoe build. Using local woods, even at the cost of ease, was well worth it to him....
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Annalee Stevens: Woodworking Wunderkind
At the age of eleven, when other girls typically dream of what they’ll get for Christmas, Annalee Stevens was imagining what she could give. She found a picture on Pinterest...
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Ashley Steller is Making Waves with Her Epoxy Art
Ashley Steller’s transition from bartender at Tommy Bahama to renowned epoxy artist happened within one night. She was inspired by beautiful images of epoxy art by @themermaidtrash, which her husband...
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Stevie Hull’s Journey from NFL Wide Receiver to Pro Woodworker
Seven years ago, as a wide receiver for the New Orleans Saints, Stevie Hull was catching passes from Drew Brees. Today, you’ll find him in his workshop using epoxy and...
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Boat Building with Pops
TotalBoat Ambassador, Richard Honan, has been sending us updates of his most recent boat building project, a 13′ Peapod. Richard is a talented (and award-winning) artist, woodworker, and retired signmaker...
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Lorrie Nowlan: Winner of the Epoxy Artist’s Challenge
Lorrie Nowlan started Wood Design by Lorrie 2 years ago when she started working with live edge wood and epoxy resin creating functional art and small tables. She needed a...
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2019 Winter Workshop Photo Contest Submissions Album
In our post a few Fridays ago, we shared our Photo Contest winners with you. And with a resounding “WHY???” you asked, must we post the photo album on our Facebook Page....
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2019 Winter Workshop Boat Photo Contest Winners Announced
Congratulations to 2 young customers who are on a mission. Glenn Sawyer, Jr. (age 14) and Matthew Strauss (15) are both winners of our 2019 Winter Photo Contest. Both teens have taken...
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Organizations We Support: Youth Summer Boatbuilding School
For over 40 years, Jamestown Distributors has been helping people love their boats more. Whether it’s about helping the handy DIY owner tackle a tough project – or if it’s...
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Jimmy Diresta Makes Canoe Paddles Using TotalBoat Epoxy & Varnish
YouTube superstar, Jimmy DiResta, is no stranger to “making” things by hand. He would never order a pair of paddles for the canoe he’s building when he can order some fancy,...
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2018 Concours d’Elegance Wooden Boat Show Award
A favorite JD customer of ours was recently awarded the 2018 Wooden Boat Show Concours de Elegance-Professionally Built- Human Powered– Best in Show award. We were at the show and found...
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2018 Summer Customer Boat Project Photo Contest Winners
BEST PHOTO Montgomery Bauman Montgomery Bauman’s Chris Craft Commercial runabout in Ohio — in Thornport, Ohio. We again had to choose more than one customer photo to win our Summer...
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