Remarkable Mentors: Sam Maloof

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Maloof’s furniture has inspired woodworkers of all stripes with his unique inspirational design and charismatic charm in his furniture.

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Remarkable Mentors: George Nakashima

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George Nakashima is known for blending aesthetic inspirations from Japanese, Danish modern, and American Shaker and Windsor traditions. He produced furniture with a commanding presence that was at once elegant, invitingly tactile, and a bit mysterious.

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Remarkable Mentors: Wharton Esherick

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Wharton Esherick was a genius steeped in the arts and he produced some of the most influential woodcuts and carved wooden sculptures.

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Randy Ogle, chairmaker and musician

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This section of Andrew D. Glenn’s book Backwoods Chairmakers: In Search of the Appalachian Chairmaker gives a glimpse into the life and work of Randy Ogle, a third-generation woodworker in Gatlinburg, Tenn.

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Designer’s Notebook: Artistry, technology, and craft

Gerard Furbershaw Chairs, Benches And Stools, Design Process, Design Theory, Furniture Design, Plywood

Former industrial designer Gerard Furbershaw now creates art furniture, which he describes as “art you can sit on.” He fashions most of his pieces out of 13-ply maple plywood, using positive/negative space to make forms that are about half plywood and …

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