I’m Christian Ward, a woodworker from Utah. I got my start during my sophomore year of high school when I took my first woodshop class. That year gave me a solid foundation in the basics, and got me hooked on the craft.

Not long after starting my junior year, I began collecting my own tools and slowly building out my shop. Some of them, like my jointer and lathe, I found rotting away and fully restored. Others, like my SawStop, I saved up for and bought new when I could finally afford them. I also have a modest collection of vintage hand tools I’ve found and restored over the years, and they’re some of my favorite tools to use. It’s taken years of learning, searching, and fixing to get everything together, but over the last year especially it’s really come into its own. It’s a space I take a lot of pride in.

I had three different teachers during my three years in woodshop and learned so much from mentors and from others I’ve met in the years since. I strongly believe that taking the time to get to know and talk shop with other people who love the craft is the best ways to learn. That’s what has given me the skills and knowledge to do the work I love.

Most of my work centers around furniture making and woodturning. I build the things I want to make and sell them when I can, and I hope to take on more commission work as I go.

Woodworking has become a steady part of my life. I look forward to it every day. It’s honest work, and I like it that way.