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Keep Craft Alive: Josh Salinger, Construction Business Owner
After scaling up and feeling disconnected from the process, a Portland, Oregon, builder refocuses his company with a commitment to building better homes and better relationships.
–Josh Salinger, Construction Business Owner, Portland, Ore.
There was a particular moment when Josh Salinger knew something was very wrong with the way he had been running his construction business,
Birdsmouth Construction. He had scaled up the operation that he started years earlier, taking on more and larger projects and adding staff to keep pace with the demand for services. But after one of the company’s projects was sold, built, and completed, Josh realized that he had never even met the clients. And while he valued the trust he had in his team, he felt disconnected from the process and people that made building a joy.
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Remembering Philip C. Lowe
The woodworking community has lost one of its giants with the passing of Philip C. Lowe. He was a consummate craftsman and former instructor and head of the furniture making program at North Bennet Street School in Boston, and later at his own school, The Furniture Institute of Massachusetts. But if you were to ask any of the number of people who have known and worked with Phil, the first thing you’d hear about is what a tremendously kind and generous individual he was.
In the handful of times I’ve had the pleasure to work with Phil, I was always greeted by his smile, quick wit, and great sense of humor. Of course, when he’d get to work, all my attention turned to his tremendous skill and the seeming ease with which approached his work. For those of us not fortunate enough to have studied under Phil, the good news is that he has been a consistent contributor to the magazine for more than 30 years. The articles that he has written over the years stan