Hand Tools in Wooden Box, 2009

This wooden box was one of the first pieces Roskey made. Sitting atop the box is a traditional Japanese hand plane. "The plane was significant in getting a feel for wood," he says. "It's a beautiful tool that works simply on the pull stroke, as opposed to western planes that you push."

Shaker Village, 2010

Roskey took this photo at Shaker Village in Pleasant Hill, Kentucky. It depicts a simple work table and Shaker chair from the early 1800s. "Shaker furniture has played a large role in furniture design from the mid-century Danish designers to the Crafts movements of the 1970s and 1980s," he says. "The understated visual form is enduring."

Lathe, 2011

This antique lathe, manufactured in New York most likely in the 1920s or 1930s, is the first large woodworking machine Roskey purchased. "The lathe is probably the electric machine that allows us to work wood in a way most like wood in its natural state," he says. "Round like a tree."

Maple Tree and Swing, Hudson Valley, 2011

This maple tree, probably 250 years old, stands outside Roskey's home in Germantown, New York. Roskey moved there from Brooklyn in 2011. The simple country swing, used by his children, "is just a board with two ropes around a branch of an old maple."

Fern Showroom, 2013

This photo depicts the showroom at Fern Handmade, Roskey's shop in Hudson, New York. It captures several pieces made by Roskey, including Fern's Spring Side Cabinet, Mammoth Table Lamp, and an assortment of cutting boards as well as a Japanese maple tree.