Nick gets serious about celebrating Profiles Offerman the community of woodworkers Nick Offerman Humorist, WM: Why write a immediately became clear that Woodworker woodworking book? I had a choice in front of me. Los Angeles, CA On one hand I could try to NO: I had written a couple become a huge artist like Jeff other books and I don’t think Koons or somebody where it would be immodest to say I had a group of employees there was a clamoring from my making ‘Nick Offerman’ pieces, readership for a woodworking slap my name on it and sell it book. But my good fortune more for the name than the and showbiz work was really piece. Or, I could embrace this killing my shop time. I said, group of woodworkers and ‘You know what? I can steer encourage them to become fully this machine to my own realized on their own. None advantage.’ So I announced to of this happens without all of my people that I was ready to these amazing collaborators. do book three and it’s gonna be about my shop. So I’m WM: So the cliché about the going to need to be in there woodworker alone in his for some months, working on shop doesn’t apply here. the book and you can all go to hell. And it worked like a NO: Woodworking can seem like such a solitary pursuit, four months of the year in my and at times it is. When you shopcharm. working I spent on most the of book. the first clears out of the room. But I WM: What do you want wantfire up to your suggest sander, to people everyone that this book to achieve? making things in general is so As a character on the popular sitcom Parks rewarding. Part of the lifestyle and Recreation, Nick Offerman played a park NO: I have an incredible amount we’re trying to get back to director (Ron Swanson) with libertarian views, of enthusiasm and passion not is not just making your own relationship issues, and a love for woodworking. only for woodworking, but furniture or making clothing If you’re a fan of this actor and comedian like I am, all handcrafting. And so how or what have you, but it’s you know that in real life, Offerman’s woodworking can I take that desire and turn behaving as a community, a connection is authentic. He’s been featured in it into this 350-page piece of neighborhood, as a fellowship. woodworking magazines, and his woodworking propaganda to get people off The book is a very much a business (The Offerman Woodshop) is staffed by of their smart phones and onto celebration of that idea. Maybe fellow woodworkers who turn out everything from their sharpening stones? you can learn woodworking a lot better if you go in with furniture. His new book is titled: GOOD CLEAN FUN: WM: In Good Clean Fun, three friends and you each buy Misadventurescarved spoons inand Sawdust pinball at tables Offerman to canoes Woodshop and fine. you feature many other two of the tools you need. Or —Chad McClung woodworkers. Why share the spotlight? artist collective, there’s gonna Thirsty for more? beif you a woodworker, look around butand there’s find an If this tasty sip didn’t quench your NO: I think it’s just me being also going to be a stained-glass thirst, drink down the full interview honest. I knew I was going to artist, and a knitter. And it’s so on our website. You can also find be spending a lot less time in much more fun and productive a review of Nick’s new book! the shop because of my job on to do these things together Parks and Recreation. And it rather than on our lonesomes.

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