Jim Ipekjian, right, and his son Jack Ipekjian are a woodworking team at Pasadena Woodworks. Jim is a master of the Arts and Crafts form who helped restore the Greene & Greene Blacker House in Pasadena. Jack recently started his own firm doing limited production furniture. (Anne Cusack / Los Angeles Times)
Jack Ipekjian moves a loaded cart at Pasadena Woodworks. (Anne Cusack / Los Angeles Times)
Jack Ipekjian shaves a piece of wood at Pasadena Woodworks. Ipekjian has recently started his own firm doing limited production furniture. (Anne Cusack / Los Angeles Times)
A variety of old chisels hang on the wall. (Anne Cusack / Los Angeles Times)
Jack Ipekjian uses a band saw that predates 1925. (Anne Cusack / Los Angeles Times)
Jim Ipekjian works on building a mahogany chair at Pasadena Woodworks. (Anne Cusack / Los Angeles Times)
Jim Ipekjian inlays oak, rosewood, ebony, copper and abalone shell in a mahogany chair. (Anne Cusack / Los Angeles Times)
Detail of the inlaid work on a mahogany chair made by Jim Ipekjian. The chair is for the master bedroom dressing table in the Greene & Greene Blacker house. (Anne Cusack / Los Angeles Times)
A mahogany chair made by Jim Ipekjian for the master bedroom dressing table in the Greene & Greene Blacker house. (Anne Cusack / Los Angeles Times)
The Ipekjians make all their own varnishes. Jack Ipekjian holds a dakar resin, at right is an animal hide glue and, at left, shellac. (Anne Cusack / Los Angeles Times)
Jim Ipekjian holds a rare log of ebony at Pasadena Woodworks. (Anne Cusack / Los Angeles Times)
Jack Ipekjian made the front door to a guesthouse out of Port Orford cedar for a client in Pasadena. (Anne Cusack / Los Angeles Times)
A mailbox that is an exact replica of its home, made by Jim Ipekjian. (Anne Cusack / Los Angeles Times)
A walnut sideboard made by Jim Ipekjian. (Anne Cusack / Los Angeles Times)
A koi pond scene carved into a redwood kitchen cabinet by Jim Ipekjian. (Anne Cusack / Los Angeles Times)
A bedroom closet and doors made with Port Orford cedar by Jack Ipekjian in a client’s guesthouse. (Anne Cusack / Los Angeles Times)
A library table was made out of English oak by Jim Ipekjian for a client in Pasadena. Ipekjian made the Charles Rohlfs design after seeing a photo of the table in a book. (Anne Cusack / Los Angeles Times)
