Ben Blackmar

Associate editor Ben Blackmar is an avid woodworker who grew up learning to fix just about anything. He started whittling and making things as soon as he got his first pocket knife, and he worked in furniture and cabinetry shops while attending the University of Georgia and afterward, eventually running his own custom woodworking business. This spring he will graduate from the famed furniture-making program at Boston’s North Bennet Street School. When you’re not in the shop? “I’m seeking out a good hiking trail with my wife and dog, or sitting on the porch strumming a guitar.”