Doug Stowe

Doug Stowe began his career as a woodworker in 1976, making custom furniture and small boxes. He lives on a wooded hillside at the edge of Eureka Springs, Arkansas and specializes in the use of Arkansas hardwoods. In 1995, he began writing how-to articles for woodworking magazines. In 1997 his first woodworking book was published and The Wisdom of Our Hands: Crafting, A Life is his 14th. He is also the author of three Taunton DVDs, Basic Box Making, Rustic Furniture Basics and Building Small Cabinets that are available on his YouTube channel. He is the author of over 100 articles in woodworking magazines and educational journals, and three of his books have been translated into German. In 2001, he began a woodworking program, The Wisdom of the Hands, at the Clear Spring School, designed to use woodworking activities to stimulate and reinforce academic curriculum, thus restoring a rationale for the use of crafts in general education and demonstrating its effectiveness. In 2009 he was named an "Arkansas Living Treasure" by the Arkansas Department of Heritage and Arkansas Arts Council for his contributions to traditional crafts and craft education. He also teaches at the Eureka Springs School of the Arts and at woodworking clubs throughout the US.