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Period Furniture society marks anniversary and honors founders
comments (0) January 21st, 2010 in blogs
Mark Schofield, managing editor
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Steve Lash, the 2010 winner of SAPFM's cartouche award.
The Society of American Period Furniture Makers (SAPFM) and Colonial Williamsburg's Working Wood in the 18th Century are inextricably bound together. At the first conference Mickey Callahan and Steve Lash were so delighted to discover other period furniture makers and lovers that they decided to set up an organisation to bring together these people. At the second conference SAPFM was formerly launched as has gone from strength to strength. Now having well over 1000 members, it has continued to hold its annual dinner to coincide with the Williamsburg conference. At this year's dinner, Callahan and Lash were each presented with a carved and gilded plaque to honor the service they have given SAPFM.
Lash was also awarded SAPFM's cartouche award, an honor bestowed annually on an individual or an organisation that best reflects the society's mission. In the slide show of his portfolio, Lash revealed that his parents gave him a Dremel scrollsaw for his 9th birthday, and a handplane for his 13th. Since then he has tackled an amazing variety of projects, united only in their difficulty to pull off. Among the items he has made are a pair of Federal-style knife cases, a replica of Benjamin Franklin's glass armonica, and a multi-leaf expanding dining room table.
To learn more about the society visit www.sapfm.org.
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