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Erica Klein: The Whimsical World of Hot Fluff
There’s something instantly disarming about Erica Klein’s work—an unexpected collision of craftsmanship and whimsy that leaves you smiling before you even realize what you're looking at. Through her brand Hot Fluff, Erica isn’t just creating jewelry—she’s bottling up joy, memory, 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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Jamestown Distributors Summer Boat Photo Contest 2018
Our JD Summer Photo Contest submission date has come and gone. We thought you might like to see all of the amazing entries we received when we asked you, our...
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Epoxy in the Workshop: Building an Arctic Resin Table
Peter Brown, the YouTube superstar videographer and Shop Time Channel creator, was seeking out an epoxy to help him complete his “Arctic Resin Table,” and we were hopeful that he would...
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Boat Building with the Neighbors
TotalBoat Ambassador Richard Honan recently emailed us to share the news of his latest self-built boat, once again completed in his basement. Richard shares some photos and his story of...
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How Grain Makes Wooden Surfboards
The Grain Surfboards team have been great customers of ours, buying epoxy and many consumables from JD to help with their surfboard building program. You can order yourself a ready to ride a surfboard, or get...
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