Insights & Stories from Wisconsin's Artisan Workshop

Some boards tell stories the moment you lay eyes on them - a cascade of grain that shimmers in Padauk, a jet-black ribbon cutting through Wenge, the gentle marbling of Rosewood. That encounter between natural beauty and honest work has shaped Taylor Made since our first days in Green Bay, Wisconsin, building pieces on the garage bench for family tables. Years of cabinet finishing taught me to see not just what wood can do, but what it says about heritage and care. Each artisa

In Green Bay, Wisconsin, the ritual of good cheese runs as deep as the oldest maple on county land. Generations here measure time in Friday family suppers and backyard barbecues, where the right kitchen tool becomes a kind of heirloom - used, admired, talked about at length. Taylor Made is a woodworking business in Green Bay specializing in custom handmade cheese slicers, charcuterie boards, and cutting boards from hand-selected exotic woods. The studio grew from humble begin