Masters of the Craft
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Tool Chest with an Arts & Crafts Legacy
28 commentsTrevor Hadden's tool chest was the culminating project of a two-year apprenticeship that provided him with an impressive set of woodworking skills along with a direct link to the furniture makers of the English Arts & Crafts movement.
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David Haig: Bending Timber
14 commentsNew Zealand furnituremaker David Haig tells the story of developing his classic rocker in this audio slide show. He also shows a range of pieces he makes using a technique that combines kerf-bending and steam bending.
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Howard Werner: Artist with a Chainsaw
6 commentsHoward Werner is a master craftsman whose primary tool is the chainsaw. This slideshow is rich with the results of Werner's thirty-five year career spent carving hefty logs into furniture and sculpture.
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North Bennet Street School Turns 125
5 commentsThis slide show is rich with photos of furniture by graduates of Boston's North Bennet Street School, the preeminent training ground for furniture makers with a period focus.
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Seth Rolland: Slicing Maestro
14 commentsSeth Rolland's sliced furniture is a thrilling piece of technical innovation that also happens to be quite beautiful. This slide show follows the building of one table and presents many other pieces made using the same technique.
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Adrian Potter: Thinking Furniture
5 commentsThis audio slide show presents an array of pieces by Australian furniture maker and sculptor Adrian Potter. Potter's furniture is functional, yet full of innovations in shaping, joinery and materials. It also explores new ground with its use of movement and music, among other things, to convey a message.
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Hank Gilpin: Exploring the American Forest
20 commentsHank Gilpin’s career has been a ceaseless quest to discover enticing American woods for furniture making.
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Pro Portfolio: Doug Mooberry and Kinloch Woodworking
19 commentsIn this audio slide show Doug Mooberry describes some of the exquisite pieces of period furniture his company, Kinloch Woodworking, has built over the past three decades.
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Brad Smith: Story of a Stool
16 commentsBrad Smith has been making his line of farm-inspired furniture for 25 years, and along the way he's developed a shop full of clever jigs for making the pieces quickly and efficiently. This audio slide show highlights many of them as it follows Smith building a stool.
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Pro Portfolio: Michael Hurwitz: Planks into Poetry
10 commentsPhiladelphia Furnituremaker Michael Hurwitz is one of the most talented designer/makers currently working. In this slide show he discusses a selection of pieces he's made over the past thirty years.
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James Krenov: Virtuoso in Words and Wood
11 commentsAn audio slideshow tribute to James Krenov (1920-2009).
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Pro Portfolio: Hank Holzer and Judith Ames: Labor of Love
6 commentsHank Holzer and Judith Ames are shopmates in Seattle. They are also husband and wife. Both have been making furniture since the early 1980s and have developed distinctive styles and loyal followings. This audio slide show presents a selection of furniture by each of them along with their commentary.
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Sam Maloof: Reflections on a Master Maker
5 commentsListen to this audio slide show with prominent woodworkers reflecting on the life and career of master furnituremaker Sam Maloof, who died in May at 93.
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