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The highlight of my trip to the Republic of Ireland earlier this month was spending the day with Mark Jenkinson, a chair collector and cider maker in Slane. Mark generously invited Lucy and me to spend the day looking at the chairs he had stored in his barn, to see the cider-making process at work …
Studying the Irish Gibson Chair – and Variants – Read More »
Jan Joris Van Vliet’s etching depicts a typical turner’s shop in 1630s Holland. Shown are a simple lathe, a few tools and various products of the craft – the turned chair and spinning wheel being the turner’s work. Based on records from London and Boston, turners often sold products made by others, which accounts for …
Drew Langsner’s mauls as shown in “Country Woodcraft: Then & Now” Wendell picked up a maul, which Meb had made from a hickory tree. It had a smooth handle and a bulbous head, squared off at the end. “With it,” he told me, “you can deliver a blow of tremendous force to a stake or …
Fig. 7.1 The following is extracted from “Carving the Acanthus Leaf” by Mary May. Learning to carve the acanthus leaf is – for carvers – like a pianist learning a Chopin étude, a young oil painter studying the genius of Rembrandt or an aspiring furniture maker learning to cut dovetails by hand. For carvers, especially …
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A few weeks ago Peter Follansbee participated in a panel discussion titled “Looking Forward, Looking Back: Traditional Crafts and Contemporary Makers” at the Fuller Craft Museum as part of the opening reception for Living Traditions: The Handwork of Plymouth CRAFT. Peter was asked an either/or question: “When you’re making things, is the process of doing …
We sure have a lot of sundry/miscellaneous/mixed/jumble shelves. Could be worse; at least we don’t shelve books by color. (We do, however, shelve a few by size; we’ll visit that lower-right corner soon). On the far left of this bay is most of our “Mortise & Tenon Collection,” both some issues of the magazine and …
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Editor’s note: This week’s Chair Chat with Rudy and Klaus tells the tale about how an imperfect chair with a displaced leg, a split seat and some crude repairs stands out as perfect in our eyes. Also, Chris talks about Cincinnati Chili, how it looks like barf and how yummy it tastes. If you’re faint …
Chair Chat No. 6: The Imperfect Perfect Chair. And No Fart Jokes. – Read More »