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Clark & Williams is one of only two contemporary plane makers listed in A Guide to the Makers of American Wooden Planes, the single comprehensive text on American wooden plane makers. They are the only one listed producing traditional planes with traditional construction. Given the longevity of early plane making firms listed in the above text, Clark & Williams eleven plus years of longevity is significant. In eleven years, Clark & Williams has produced thousands of planes with over 300 currently in use in the Conservation and Historic Trades Departments of Colonial Williamsburg. During that time Clark & Williams also taught and demonstrated plane making at numerous woodworking events, tool collectors events and schools across the US. They've traveled from Los Angeles to Boston and from Atlanta to Portland Oregon to teach and demonstrate. Don McConnell made his first wooden planes in the late 1970's while hand building furniture in the cabinet shop of the Ohio Village. He has continued his plane making activities over the following years while building custom furniture in traditional styles and executing one-of-a-kind architectural woodwork - including carving elements of geometric handrails. His work has been featured in several magazines and exhibits. Additionally, he has demonstrated plane making at several arts festivals as part of a grant from the Traditional Arts program of the Ohio Arts Council. A former contributing editor for Popular Woodworking, Don is also co-author of Hand-Saw Makers of Britain. Don has also taught plane making workshops at Marc Adams School of Woodworking and North Bennet Street School. Larry Williams started in architectural woodworking in 1977 and began experimenting with plane making shortly afterward. He's conducted classes in plane making at Marc Adams School of Woodworking, Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts and North Bennet Street School. His work or articles have been featured in a several woodworking books and magazines. He's demonstrated plane making for a number of organizations and meetings including the Symposium on 18th Century Woodworking at Colonial Williamsburg. In 2006 the Arkansas Department of Cultural Heritage and the Arkansas Arts Council recognized Larry and his work in plane making with their "Arkansas Living Treasure" award. Bill Clark has worked in Architectural Woodworking since the late 1970's. He is still active in cabinet making, tile setting and wood floor installation. Along with Larry Williams, he began making planes in the 1990's. He has demonstrated plane making for various organizations including the Symposium on 18th Century Woodworking at Colonial Williamsburg.