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.
Read moreA table saw and a simple jig make a time-consuming task quick and easy. Woodworkers use all sorts of techniques to scoop out their chair seats. Many commonly resort to hacking out the waste with traditional tools such as …
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George Sawyer’s father, Dave, a pivotal figure in the renaissance of green-wood and Windsor chairmaking. George’s company, Sawyer Made, has absorbed his father’s example but takes Windsors in a different direction. “I don’t know what the Shakers would …
Read moreWhen Justin Nelson started Fernweh Woodworking in Bend, Ore., in 2014, he was coming off four years in the Marine Corps and then a season on a Forest Service Hotshot crew fighting wildfires. A couple of years in, he was introduced to Sam Maloof’s work….
Read moreThe Adventure of the Pilgrim’s Chair. Sometime in the haze of the 1970s, Armand LaMontagne, a wood sculptor from Rhode Island, sought revenge against the museum world. He had been rebuffed by curators when he questioned the authenticity of some ……
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