I first met Ed at a fine crafts show in Philadelphia about 10 years ago. Ed was working with bird's eye maple. I had never seen so much bird's eye. I had thought it was a relatively rare wood, and was surprised to see it used in such quantity. Not only that, but Ed's work was so superior to that which I had seen that I couldn't take my eyes off of it. The finish was as smooth as silk, and all of his joints were perfect. Ed made many production bread cutting, and carving boards. He also was showing the most beautiful furniture including rocking chairs, tables, and desks.
I own a fine crafts gallery, and at the time I represented artists in wood, ceramics, glass, metal, jewelry, kaleidoscopes, fabric, and leather. I wanted Ed's work in my gallery. I also wanted to have his work in my home. I placed an order for a number of Ed's bird's eye maple cutting, and carving boards. I was thrilled when they arrived at the gallery. My customers were thrilled also and I did very well with them.
As time went on the gallery evolved into a predominantly glass gallery, with jewelry and kaleidoscopes. Glass was and is extraordinarily popular, and the gallery earned a fine reputation. This past holiday season, while I was shopping for family and friends, I noticed that people were shopping in kitchen stores were quite a bit more than other businesses. This started me thinking that perhaps I should bring back some functional art products, such as ceramic and wood bowl, spoons,and cutting boards. Of course Ed Wohl's work was the first thing I thought of. I began a campaign asking my customers if they would like to have these products back in the gallery and their was an overwhelming positive response. It was with great pleasure that I opened the first shipment of Ed's boards. I must say that the display, along with ceramic serving pieces, looks terrific.
If you are looking for a cutting board for yourself or a gift I can't recommend Ed's work more highly. His work will be treasured for many, many years. If you are in Santa Monica, California I'd be very happy to show you Ed's superior craftsmanship.
