“In July 2022, just weeks before we traded the Pacific for the East Coast, I drove a rented SUV into the heart of Watsonville to claim a massive slab of walnut. At the time, I had no blueprint—only the quiet ache to give my daughters a piece of California they could keep forever, a tangible anchor to the years we spent there…Once we settled back East, I found my way to Studio Andreas. On November 14, 2022, I hauled that raw slab into the shop, unaware that I was stepping into a three-year odyssey.”
- William Mitchell, a Legacy Woodworking Student, 202
“In July 2022, just weeks before we traded the Pacific for the East Coast, I drove a rented SUV into the heart of Watsonville to claim a massive slab of walnut. At the time, I had no blueprint—only the quiet ache to give my daughters a piece of California they could keep forever, a tangible anchor to the years we spent there…Once we settled back East, I found my way to Studio Andreas. On November 14, 2022, I hauled that raw slab into the shop, unaware that I was stepping into a three-year odyssey.”
- William Mitchell, a Legacy Woodworking Student, 202
