From high school dropout to woodworker, Eric's journey to become a master craftsman spans over four decades. A project from his early days resurfaces with an opportunity to restore a trolley car from the 1980s for his hometown of Eureka, California.
Eric shares the significance of his relationship to the resources he uses for his projects and honors the trees that are cut down by putting care into his creations. Later, he connects with the historic trust by restoring its 1930s Julia Morgan doors.
Eric restores a window and call box in the historic Carson Mansion.
Eric demonstrates the importance of being a good neighbor and building community by restoring the Monroe House; while working to reconstruct corbels for local renovator Jules, he recovers the lost details hidden behind years of paint.
Eric takes on the Eureka movie theater and a pair of milking stools.
Eric tackles a footstool and the intricate windows of Eureka's bank.
Eric works on a mansion's finial, showing the value in building to last.
Eric continues the Monroe House restoration and meets a family descendent.
Eric teaches how to make paint and how to build and assemble barge boards.
Eric and Viv decide it's time to redecorate the front of the mill.
Eric sources old growth redwood to rebuild Victorian accent pieces.
Eric reads some of his poetry while building doors for a historic theater.
A landmark addition leads to a discussion of craftsmen as society builders.
Eric helps a local farmer repair his 100-year-old cider press.
Eric makes a corbel and a gable using traditional techniques.
Eric takes a job repairing a church bell, and talks about his PTSD.
Eric builds a large structural truss for a local nonprofit.
Eric Hollenbeck gets the opportunity to preserve one of the last remaining Higgins Boats from WWII. His mission is to prepare her for her final stop at the Nebraska National Guard Museum and a leading role in the Seward, NE 4th of July parade.
