Ed Stuckey's Federal demi-lune card table appears in the December 2008 issue of Woodwork magazine.
Tony Kubalak has won the Best Traditional Design Award from the Minnesota Woodworking Guild. Tony exhibited a Philadelphia Queen Anne side chair. You can read more about Tony's honor and the chair in the August issue of Woodshop News.
Congratulations to the following SAPFM members who appear in Early American Life's 23rd Directory of Traditional Crafts: Dennis Bork, James King, Tony Kubalak, Paul Rulli, Mark Soukup, Duane Wendling, Fred Chellis, Brian Cunfer, and Jim Van Hoven. Cartouche Award winner Gene Landon served as one of the judges for this year's Directory.
Eight pieces of Bob Whitley's work from the Michener Art Museum's retrospective exhibit appear in the Gallery of the August 2008 issue of Woodwork magazine.
Walt Segl's shop is featured in an eight-page spread in WOOD magazine's special interest publication America's Best Home Workshops 2008.
Jeff Headley explains how to make a veneered serpentine drawer front with cockbeading in the July/August 2008 Fine Woodworking. In the Master Class feature, Jeff shows how to apply stringing to the same serpentine shape. Joel Ficke and W. Patrick Edwards have work featured in the Reader's Gallery.
Joshua Lane, Co-curator of Historic Deerfield, is mentioned in the May 2008 Magazine Antiques for his role in organizing the exhibition Into the Woods: Crafting Early American Furniture. The exhibition runs through 2012. Visit Historic Deerfield for more information.
Phil Lowe's McIntire armchair, Frank Woolley's serpentine bombé, and Mike Greenberg's collectibles box appear in the Gallery section of the June 2008 issue of Fine Woodworking.
Joel Moskowitz explains how he hollow grinds chisels in the June 2008 issue of Fine Woodworking.
Steve Latta compares 16 different marking knives in the June 2008 issue of Fine Woodworking.
Robert Whitley's furniture is featured through June 1 in a retrospective of his work at the Michener Art Museum. Robert is the 2002 Cartouche Award winner.
Mark Arnold writes about the Peabody Essex Museum's The Art of Woodcarving in America exhibit in the June 2008 issue of Woodwork Magazine.
Tony Kubalak's serpentine bombé and Joel Ficke's Philadelphia high chest appear in the Gallery section of the June 2008 issue of Woodwork Magazine.
Steve Latta writes about reproducing moldings in the April 2008 issue of Fine Woodworking.
Alf Sharp, 2008 Cartouche Award recipient is featured in the March issue of Woodshop News.
Peter Howell's workshop is featured in the February/March 2008 issue of Woodcraft Magazine.
Patrick Edwards writes about painting in wood in February 2008 issue of Fine Woodworking.
SAPFM 2008 Mid-Year Conference at Rockingham Community College in Wentworth, NC Furniture Making Education at its Best
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Saturday was a busy day for all three of the presenters, Steve Latta, Allan Breed, and Alf Sharp. The 75 conference attendees were divided into three groups of 25 and rotated through the presentations. Each of the presenters' three sessions was 2-1/2 hours in length, providing ample time to delve into more than one subject in-depth.
As the name of the conference suggests, each presenter was given the freedom to show some of their preferred techniques and to discuss their favorite tricks-of-the-trade. Allan Breed discussed how he lays out and carves the various parts of a complex curved molding by using the fillets as steps from which to reference adjacent coves and ogees. He then demonstrated carving the raised lip on a sample of a Newport tea table, and showed how to deal with tricky areas such as the intersection of a curved and a straight molding.
Steve Latta showed myriad ways that drawers and secret compartments can be hidden in a piece as small as a spice box. He then moved to the Federal period, demonstrating how to make a simple yet impressive patera. Steve finished up with an explanation of how to cut curvilinear designs for stringing using a series of templates and a laminate trimmer.
Alf Sharp demonstrated how he makes a curved drawer front of laminated bending ply and then showed how he hammer veneers the resulting surface. He discussed a variety of techniques for clamping curved work including the use of sand bags and thin packing foam and a mating caul. After a long day of demos and presentations, the conference group gathered at a nearby country club for dinner, a slide show of members' work, and door prizes.
On Sunday morning, Steve Latta gave a very enlightening talk on some of the findings of his research into Federal banding and inlay makers. He was able to track the migration of John Dewhurst from Boston to Baltimore and then from Kentucky to New Orleans based on newpaper advertisements and specific types of banding associated with Dewhurst. His analysis of whether paterae and other inlays were stack cut or conical cut was fascinating. The conference concluded with a final Q & A session with the three presenters. Thanks to all who helped to make the event so successful!
