Western painting techniques have evolved in medium from tempera to oil and acrylic, on wood and on canvas, to bear rich ...

If you want to stop your outdoor wood furniture from succumbing to rot, follow these expert tips. Your wooden chairs and tables just need a little TLC.

An allergy put an end to Mac Hillenbrand’s work as a licensed painting contractor, and it opened up a return to the woodworking he’d enjoyed as a teen. “I used to refinish cabinetry and I would sand ...

Editor’s note: This column was produced before Gene Wengert died in 2025. It is printed here in memoriam. Q We have small shop, and the person running the planer talks about planing, with rather than ...

The Rolling Stones took the past year off from the road to spend time working with producer Andrew Watt on a follow-up to 2023’s Hackney Diamonds, and to oversee the extensive reissue of their 1976 LP ...

The rocker, a lifelong artist, painted Mick Jagger, Keith Richards and Charlie Watts as part of a new collection Rachel DeSantis is a senior writer on the music team at PEOPLE. She has been working at ...

Music icon Ronnie Wood marks 50 years as part of the Rolling Stones by unveiling four portraits of the band in a new collection of prints. Titled the Paint It Black collection, the limited-edition ...

UBC’s Centre for Interactive Research on Sustainability is one of several buildings on the Vancouver campus where Western red cedar is used as a building material. Researchers at the Okanagan campus ...

Brazilian researchers have developed a technique that estimates the force exerted on each grain of sand in a dune from images. This method, which is based on numerical simulations and artificial ...

Woodworking isn't just about knowing how to use tools or master joinery techniques. A big part of it comes down to learning about different kinds of wood and the strengths and weaknesses of that ...

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What if wood became a high-tech material? Researchers have developed a semi-transparent version, combining strength and biodegradability. This innovation could well compete with glass and plastic.