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Evidence of a successful show: a nearly-empty booth at the end of the second day (of three). Call me happy. #artsandcraftsfurniture #groveparkinn #finewoodworking #furnituremaker #customfurnituremaker My take on designing and building custom work, at the @finewoodworkingmagazine Pros Corner (link in profile). And thanks to the folks at Spectrum Creative Group for printing a poster for my booth at next weekend’s Grove Park Inn Arts & Crafts Show that illustrates the variety of my work. . . #customfurniture #customfurnituremaker #whyilovemywork
Anyone familiar with images of my shop will know it’s a place that works for one person – the person who knows where everything is (even if its location may not be logical in other people’s eyes, and a lot of things are stored in a less than orderly fashion). It’s a working shop, not one designed for photo shoots. If I were teaching classes regularly or sharing the shop with others, I would want things to be a lot more organized and “official”-looking. Which brings me to the topic of this post: a few years ago, Sarah Marriage spearheaded a bold project in Baltimore known as A Workshop of Our Own. Since then, she has secured the space, kitted it out with tools and equipment, and has been teaching classes, organizing workshops, and hosting presentations related to WOO’s mission. It takes tremendous energy to run this kind of operation, and at the end of the day, there’s little left for the kinds of details that elevate a shop from basically functional to ship-shape. Enter a trio of high energy women: Aspen Golann, Claire Minihan, and Kelly Harris, who took an empathetic look around and recognized that while Sarah might not be able to summon the gumption to get from here to there, the actual gumption required was not that daunting - at least, to those with fresh eyes and fresh perspective. This power trio is donating a week of time to bring the WOO shop up a few more notches. They’re asking the rest of us to pitch in, in any way we can, with a cleverly tiered system of donations. Please help if you can! Link in profile. Class alert! I’m teaching a week-long class on this Voysey two heart chair at @pinecroftwoodschool in June. It’s a delightful chair to build – simple traditional joinery and no complex angles. It’s also far more comfortable then its upright demeanor might suggest. Join me—and consider following this class with one taught by @the_wicker_woman on weaving a traditional natural rush seat. Details at the news and events section of my website (link in profile). This seat woven by Cathryn Peters. . . #voyseychair #woodworkingclasses #buildyourown #useyourhands #craftskills #pinecroftschool #kentuckycraft #1908style #artsandcraftsfurniture #englishartsandcrafts
I had the joy of spending the evening with this brilliant and impressive soul, @aspen_golann. Thank you, Aspen, for this beautiful broom, for making me laugh (I needed that), and for sharing your skills, empathy, and intelligence. And now for something completely different (to quote Monty Python)—a bench for sitting at the peninsula in a kitchen from a year ago. It will be painted red, to go with a couple of chairs. In view of the base design (here clamped up dry, I feel like calling it “The Charleston.” . . #customfurnituremaker #varietyisthespiceoflife

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