Volunteer Woodworker

Can't Keep a Woodworker Down

George Wurtzel was born with a degenerative eye disease that left him unsighted by the age of twenty. The Volunteer Woodworker visits George at his East Tennessee workshop where he shares his compelling story and shows us how he accomplishes his woodworking projects.

Can't Keep a Woodworker Down

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    Designs That Celebrate the Wood

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    Art as Therapy

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    Every Piece Tells a Story

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