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Shea Alexander

@sheaalexander.bsky.social

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Appalachian furniture maker, lumberyard owner and craftsman. https://sheaalexander.Substack.com

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Shea Alexander @sheaalexander.bsky.social · Mar 14

A toadstool.
This one was some whimsical fun but also an experiment using spalted hackberry for a chair structure. It works very similarly to ash, white with greenish undertones. I used liming wax to brighten the white and mute the spalted lines for a more shroomy effect.

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Shea Alexander @sheaalexander.bsky.social · Mar 12

Shop dust love notes from my little girl ❤️

Shea Alexander @sheaalexander.bsky.social · Mar 7

I’m hanging on
by some roots and some time
and all of the stories
that live in my spine
the wind came a blowing
I tried to let go
something said hold on
theres more here to grow
so keep hanging on
hanigng on
the climb may be steep
and the forces stay strong
hanging on.
- Desirae Dawson

Shea Alexander @sheaalexander.bsky.social · Feb 22

New Saw horses for the shop.

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Shea Alexander @sheaalexander.bsky.social · Feb 21

Shea Alexander @sheaalexander.bsky.social · Feb 19

People are unrealistic, illogical, and self-centered. Love them anyway.
-Mother Teresa

Shea Alexander @sheaalexander.bsky.social · Feb 17

"We must especially beware of that small group of selfish men who would clip the wings of the American eagle in order to feather their own nests,"
President Franklin Delano
Roosevelt, January 6, 1941

Shea Alexander @sheaalexander.bsky.social · Feb 17

Yes one of those and one from Caleb James

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Shea Alexander @sheaalexander.bsky.social · Feb 17

Love this splat

Shea Alexander @sheaalexander.bsky.social · Feb 17

Shaping cherry legs for ladderback rockers.
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#ladderbackchair #boggsrocker #chairmaking #chairmaker #woodworking

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Shea Alexander @sheaalexander.bsky.social · Feb 16

Unsteamed baby ❤️

Shea Alexander @sheaalexander.bsky.social · Feb 15

“Democracy is based on trust. If you systematically destroy trust in institutions - media, academia, justice - the only thing that can still work is a dictatorship.”
- Yuval Noah Harari

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Shea Alexander @sheaalexander.bsky.social · Feb 15

Let the enemy rage at the gate; let him knock, pound, scream, howl; let him do his worst. We know for certain that he cannot enter our soul except by the door of our consent.

-Saint Francis de Sales

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Shea Alexander @sheaalexander.bsky.social · Feb 14

Shaping slats

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Shea Alexander @sheaalexander.bsky.social · Feb 14

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Shea Alexander @sheaalexander.bsky.social · Feb 11

The Stool Project.

I’ve been working on a stool design specifically for classes and teaching. Find out more about it and how you can make one along with me in my blog post on Substack

Shea Alexander @sheaalexander.bsky.social · Feb 10

Fair question. Most doors we build are scaled to an original design in a house where one needs replacing. Offering kits could get complicated with such a wide variety of patterns and sizes.

Shea Alexander @sheaalexander.bsky.social · Feb 9

I’m ready for spring.

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Shea Alexander @sheaalexander.bsky.social · Feb 9

Dope

Shea Alexander @sheaalexander.bsky.social · Feb 9

Stool parts headed to @mattadamswoodwork.bsky.social for plans to be drawn.

Shea Alexander @sheaalexander.bsky.social · Feb 9

🐸

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Shea Alexander @sheaalexander.bsky.social · Feb 9

Curious on how you keep center axis aligned with such a short bevel gauge? Or do you run the math to line it up along the 6° taper?

Shea Alexander @sheaalexander.bsky.social · Feb 8

Another door headed out. Not sure how I started making doors… maybe just because I live in an area with lots of historic homes that need replacements made but, 2025 has 13 of them so far.

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Shea Alexander @sheaalexander.bsky.social · Jan 31

"If you love those who love you, what credit is that to you? Even sinners love those who love them. And if you lend to those from whom you expect repayment, what credit is that to you? Even sinners lend to sinners, expecting to be repaid in full.

-Jesus of Nazareth