Teacup Desk
After being impressed by the cultural civility he witnessed during a six-month stay in Japan, Michael Hurwitz designed this desk.
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Editor’s Letter: Intrepid Makers
We celebrate some of the makers whose work not only was supremely well designed and crafted but was clearly innovative.
Read moreRemarkable Mentors: Center for Furniture Craftsmanship
Fine teaching is the backbone of CFC. Its teachers are highly accomplished designers and makers themselves, but even the best among them aren’t hired back if they don’t teach well. The pedagogical bar set at the nine-month comprehensive course is excep…
Read moreRemarkable Mentors: North Bennet Street School
The North Bennet Street School had been in business for over 80 years when Phil Lowe enrolled as a student in 1967. Lowe became a teacher at NBSS in 1975 and stayed until 1985. By all accounts, his leadership—along with that of Lance Patterson and othe…
Read moreLeaves of Hope
In a certain medical clinic in Wisconsin, there’s a sliding door that features a marquetry mural by Spider Johnson and Cindy Goldman.
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