As you may have seen in our blog post yesterday, our preparations for the release of Issue Six are beginning to pick up steam. If you’ve followed us for any amount of time, you know that with each new issue release comes the Mortise & Tenon Packing Party! Folks from all around come to the shop for a couple days’ worth of working together – we wrap each issue of the magazine in brown paper, apply a trade card with wax seal, and place it into a mailer with fresh pine plane shavings. The work itself has become almost secondary to these events, honestly – I can’t tell you how much inspiration and enthusiasm we’ve felt by getting to know...
As winter deepens here in Maine, Issue Six has been taking shape. Besides doing our own writing, Joshua and I (along with Megan and Jim) have been working through author’s drafts, polishing sentences, and gathering images for the next issue of M&T. There will be some compelling, informative, and fascinating stuff in this one – we are excited to get it into your hands! Beginning later this week, we will be publishing a blog post every day to introduce each new article in Issue Six. Then on February 1st, we will begin taking pre-orders, which includes free domestic shipping and our customary special wrapping. If you are already a subscriber, you don’t need to do anything – you’ll receive the...
