Stories
Stories from Thomas William Furniture
This collection brings together selected articles, features, interviews, and audio conversations that reflect our journey as makers and the recognition our work has received over time.
Here you’ll find thoughtful coverage from respected voices in the worlds of craft, design, and fine art, alongside podcast conversations that offer a more personal perspective on our philosophy, process, and daily life in the workshop. Together, these pieces reveal both how the work is viewed and how it is lived.
Included are reflections from national exhibitions and juried craft shows—among them the Smithsonian Craft Show—as well as published features exploring fine woodworking, bespoke furniture, and the evolving landscape of independent craft. Our audio conversations add another dimension, allowing space to speak openly about craftsmanship, faith, stewardship, and the deliberate pace of making in a modern world.
We’re grateful for these moments of recognition and dialogue. They form part of a continuing story—one rooted in time-honored techniques, careful design, and furniture made to endure, far beyond our workshop in Wisconsin.
January 2026
Welcome to the first podcasts from Thomas William Furniture—a quiet space to share stories from the shop, reflections on craftsmanship, and the values that guide our work. In this inaugural episode, we explore what it means to build bespoke furniture in a fast-paced world, how faith and stewardship shape the way we work, and why making things slowly and well still matters. This podcast is an invitation into the process behind the pieces, where tradition, care, and thoughtful design come together to create furniture meant to last.
January 2021
https://www.woodshopnews.com/features/following-a-passion
December 2020
November 2020
October 2020
https://www.bidsquare.com/blog/the-smithsonian-craft-show-shines-on-bidsquare-775
July 2020
June 2020
https://www.einpresswire.com/article/518729454/behind-the-scenes-virtual-art-fair
May 2020
https://www.einpresswire.com/article/510161956/behind-the-scenes-virtual-art-fair
February 2020
https://www.einpresswire.com/article/508171882/the-business-of-fine-craft-in-2020
January 2020
December 2019
November 2019
May 2019
https://www.prlog.org/12770489-thomas-william-furniture-spalted-hall-table.html
April 2019
February 2019
https://www.prlog.org/12753342-thomas-william-furniture-heads-to-la-quinta-arts-festival.html
January 2019
https://www.prlog.org/12749870-artfest-fort-myers-welcomes-thomas-dumke-to-the-2019-festival.html
April 2018
http://www.prweb.com/releases/2018/03/prweb15347372.htm
March 2018
https://www.woodshopnews.com/news/the-shows-must-go-on-and-on-for-wisconsin-maker
January 2018
http://www.prweb.com/releases/2018/01/prweb15144914.htm
July 2017
http://www.prweb.com/releases/2017/07/prweb14549657.htm
https://www.woodshopnews.com/news/wisconsin-furniture-makers-work-highlighted-at-smithsonian-show
http://www.prweb.com/releases/prweb14349954.htm
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