September 24, 2013—Craftsbury Common, Vermont—Hand-hewing expert and author Mike Beaudry will be giving a two-day workshop on hewing and timber framing at Sterling College on October 19-20, 2013.

The first British Hewing Championships have taken place at the Earth Trust near Little Wittneham. Hewing is the ancient art of cutting logs into beams or planks for timber frames.

Hand-hewer Stephen Smith, pictured here with his broad ax, recently spoke at an event put on by the Cumberland Historical Society. Eloise Goldsmith / The Forecaster Six years ago, Stephen Smith of ...