The five Chinese elements—wood, fire, earth, metal, and water—symbolize different personality traits and energetic flows. Each element signifies unique strengths and challenges, such as wood's ...
In the summer of 2021, he joined a 40-strong team of other American carpenters in Washington, DC, on the Handshouse Truss project ... not slender wooden 2-by-4s or steel beams, for construction.