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Annual Event – Currier Museum – Manchester NH – Sept 22nd
Every year the Furniture Masters have a big gala party – this year we are in Manchester at the Currier Museum, which has a fabulous collection of White Mountains art (think Cole and Bierstadt) as well as a contemporary side that stands up well to many larger, more well known museums. How about a photo of…
Read MoreAfter a long absence, Sept 7th open event @ NHIA
I know, it has been a good year since I posted, and I have been meaning to get back, but life has intervened. Indeed, the unfolding dramas in Washington DC have taken up much more of my time and attention than I would have liked, but that aside, I want to invite all of my…
Read MoreFinishing the Desk Gallery
While I don’t write often, this desk gallery is something that I had to share – it is difficult, tough to design, and the execution is like completing a freeform jigsaw puzzle. The design and first mockup only gets you so far. Then you have to make it. For real. In hardwood. With sharp tools.…
Read MoreDesk Galleries
The buildout of a gallery for a fall front desk is like building an entirely new piece of furniture inside the piece you are making. It takes a lot of thought and a great deal of craftsmanship to make the design sing, and a long time to execute the final design. A desk gallery stands…
Read MoreAt the end of the project…
There is always an end of the project, where the piece is finished, or as finished as it is ever going to be. It reminds me of the polisher in the Steinway piano factory. When the tour group came through, one person asked him – “How do you know when it is finished?” to which…
Read MoreGilded feet for the embroidered jewelry casket project
While I don’t do gilding on a daily basis, I do occasionally, and the Cabinet of Curiosities project asked for some gilded, carved feet to offer to these unbelievably talented embroiderers. So here they are. Since individually hand carving each one would have put them beyond the reach of most people, we carved the original…
Read MoreThe Makers Guild at the IDB
Over the past few months, we have moved into our new space in the Makers Guild section of the Innovation and Design Building here in South Boston. While we moved in a couple of months ago, it is only just becoming comfortable and easy to work in. Every shop takes on an aura of “home”…
Read MoreCaskets? You make Caskets?
Well, yes. In a way. But not the casket you normally think of. Jewelry caskets. Specifically, embroidered jewelry caskets similar to ones made from 1625 to 1700 in England. And some in France. And an occasional one in the Low Countries. I got started with this almost four years ago when I was introduced…
Read MoreA New Beginning
Fort Point Cabinetmakers, where I have been a Managing Partner for the last 9 years, is moving. There are eight of us, all traveling on slightly different paths, but coalescing in a supportive group of furniture makers working together to keep the craft alive and vibrant. Here is where we would normally get into the…
Read MoreThe Ultimate in Bog Oak trees
Earlier in the week we heard about the woman who discovered a 10,000 year old forest – underwater – about 300 yards off the north Norfolk coast of England. She was out for a morning dive and came across the trees lying in 20 feet of water, probably uncovered in a big storm the year…
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