Handcrafted America: Season 2
Season 2 Premieres Oct. 21st at 9:30p ET

Willow Furniture, Skis, Cutting Boards

Greg Adams  ♦  Mike McCabe  ♦  Paul Sr. & Jr. Gillam

WILLOW FURNITURE, SKIS, CUTTING BOARDS | Host Jill Wagner travels the country on a quest to find talented craftsmen who still make incredible items by hand. She starts in Lapel, Indiana with Greg Adams. He shows her how he gathers willow, twists, turns and shapes the limbs into beautiful, sturdy furniture. Then, in Denver, Colorado, she meets skier Mike McCabe who crafts custom snow skis from poplar, maple and bamboo wood. Finally, in Timbo, Arkansas, Paul Gillam Jr. & Sr. teach Jill their cutting edge method of crafting end grain cutting boards that are not only unique looking but are not as hard on knives.

PHOTOS  ♦  ARTISANS

WILLOW FURNITURE  |  Greg Adams

What started as a routine fishing trip for Greg Adams would impact the next 30 years of his life. The fish weren’t biting, so he cut off a few saplings of some nearby willow and decided to make something out of it. His first project, a basket, was a rocky… Read more

MEET GREG | PHOTOS

SKIS  |  Mike McCabe

Mike McCabe proves that necessity is the mother of invention. Because of his size, Mike destroyed more than one pair of mass produced snow skis before deciding he could build a better pair himself. Today, Folsom Skis are custom made… Read more

MEET MIKE | PHOTOS

CUTTING BOARDS  |  Paul Sr. & Jr. Gillam

A tree can be so many things; a shady refuge, a good book, a dinner table. They are diverse in type, color, grain, and each one is unique. For father and son team Paul Gillam Sr. and Paul Jr., the tree is their livelihood. Using wood from all over the world…. Read more

MEET PAUL | PHOTOS

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