FOR A QUARTER of a century, Makoto Imai and his wife, Shoko, have lived in Seabeck, a scenic, rural community on the Kitsap Peninsula, where he practices (and perfects, from all appearances and ...

David Hirsch beamed as he held up the result of five days' work. The fruit of his labor was in the palm of his hand -- a hand plane, a tool used by wood craftsman to level the intricate designs they ...