FREDDY ROMAN
Well-known member
SAPFM New England Chapter Winter Meeting
Saturday, March 2, 2013
The New England Chapter of the Society of American Period Furniture Makers (SAPFM) is pleased to announce that the winter meeting is scheduled for Saturday, March 2, from 10am to 5pm and will be hosted by the Connecticut Valley School of Woodworking, in Manchester, CT. All SAPFM members are welcome. The speakers this year will be Brock Jobe, Don Williams, and Mary May.
The day after the meeting, the Connecticut Valley School of Woodworking will host classes with Mary May and with Don Williams. Mary?s hands-on carving class, Solve Your Carving Problems and Projects with Mary May meet Sunday & Monday, March 3 & 4- 9:00am ? 5:00pm. Introduction to the Practice of Furniture Conservation with Smithsonian Institution Conservator Don Williams meets Sunday only from 9:00am ? 5:00pm. For more information, email the school?s director, Bob Van Dyke or visit the school's website by clicking the link above.
The non-refundable SAPFM member registration fee for the day-long event is $35 per person. The non-member fee is $40 per person. Seating will be limited and registration in advance will be necessary to ensure admittance. Light refreshments and lunch are included in the registration fee and will be available throughout the day in the form of coffee, juice, water, donuts, etc. In addition, a lunch of sandwiches, pizza, chips and soft drinks will be provided. For further information, contact Bob Van Dyke at the CT Valley School of Woodworking at 860.729.3186 or Mickey Callahan at 508.954.1725. If paying by check, make it out to SAPFM and mail to the following:
SAPFM New England Chapter
c/o Connecticut Valley School of Woodworking
249 Spencer Street
Manchester, CT 06040
Please make sure that your address and phone number are on the check. If you plan to bring a guest or another member, please list their name, address, and phone number as well.
If you wish to pay by credit card or with PayPal, please click here and register online by following the instructions provided.
Presenter Bios
Broke Jobe: Boston Furniture 1630-1860
We are pleased to welcome back Brock Jobe as our morning speaker for this year?s conference. In his talk at the 2010 meeting, he discussed the beginnings of the Boston Furniture project, which has led to Winterthur Museum?s upcoming conference exhibition, and a publication (in partnership with the Colonial Society of Massachusetts) entitled New Perspectives on Boston Furniture 1630-1860. Mr. Jobe will present some of the new discoveries and scholarship on this important region. To fully appreciate American furniture, an understanding of the period?s culture and society is invaluable. As the conference brochure notes, ?Boston?s craft history is a rich, colorful tale of immigrants and native-born sons, of European designs and regional innovation, of local customers and distant markets, and much, much more.? This is an opportunity to hear one of America?s leading scholars speak about this important new project.
Don Williams: The Convergence and Divergence of Making and Conserving Historic Furniture
Many of the skill sets in making modern interpretations of historic furniture and in preserving actual historic furniture are often very similar, but in many cases they are not related at all. In this presentation, Don Williams will discuss areas where there are similarities and instances where there are not. There will be special emphasis on deciding what to do, why to do it, and how to do it, with numerous examples from real projects to elucidate the points. Don will also comment on his current work on the Studley Tool Chest and his work on the forthcoming translation of A.J. Roubo?s ?L?Art du Menuisier. Don is the Senior Furniture Conservator at the Museum Conservation Institute of the Smithsonian Institution and is the co-author of Saving Stuff (Simon&Schuster 2005).
Mary May: Carving Traditional Moldings
Professional woodcarver Mary May will be joining us from Charleston, SC to demonstrate how to carve a variety of molding designs. Mary has studied with several European carvers to learn how to carve in the traditional style using only gouges. She will show the technique of carving moldings such as egg and dart, bead molding, rope molding, and gadrooning. These designs are often seen on period furniture such as the design around the edge of a table, or a decorative element on a turned pedestal post of a traditional tea table. Mary will demonstrate how to lay out the design on the wood, the tricks to carving in the correct grain direction, how to carve the molding designs in the most efficient way, and how to get the best cuts with your gouges.
Saturday, March 2, 2013
The New England Chapter of the Society of American Period Furniture Makers (SAPFM) is pleased to announce that the winter meeting is scheduled for Saturday, March 2, from 10am to 5pm and will be hosted by the Connecticut Valley School of Woodworking, in Manchester, CT. All SAPFM members are welcome. The speakers this year will be Brock Jobe, Don Williams, and Mary May.
The day after the meeting, the Connecticut Valley School of Woodworking will host classes with Mary May and with Don Williams. Mary?s hands-on carving class, Solve Your Carving Problems and Projects with Mary May meet Sunday & Monday, March 3 & 4- 9:00am ? 5:00pm. Introduction to the Practice of Furniture Conservation with Smithsonian Institution Conservator Don Williams meets Sunday only from 9:00am ? 5:00pm. For more information, email the school?s director, Bob Van Dyke or visit the school's website by clicking the link above.
The non-refundable SAPFM member registration fee for the day-long event is $35 per person. The non-member fee is $40 per person. Seating will be limited and registration in advance will be necessary to ensure admittance. Light refreshments and lunch are included in the registration fee and will be available throughout the day in the form of coffee, juice, water, donuts, etc. In addition, a lunch of sandwiches, pizza, chips and soft drinks will be provided. For further information, contact Bob Van Dyke at the CT Valley School of Woodworking at 860.729.3186 or Mickey Callahan at 508.954.1725. If paying by check, make it out to SAPFM and mail to the following:
SAPFM New England Chapter
c/o Connecticut Valley School of Woodworking
249 Spencer Street
Manchester, CT 06040
Please make sure that your address and phone number are on the check. If you plan to bring a guest or another member, please list their name, address, and phone number as well.
If you wish to pay by credit card or with PayPal, please click here and register online by following the instructions provided.
Presenter Bios
Broke Jobe: Boston Furniture 1630-1860
We are pleased to welcome back Brock Jobe as our morning speaker for this year?s conference. In his talk at the 2010 meeting, he discussed the beginnings of the Boston Furniture project, which has led to Winterthur Museum?s upcoming conference exhibition, and a publication (in partnership with the Colonial Society of Massachusetts) entitled New Perspectives on Boston Furniture 1630-1860. Mr. Jobe will present some of the new discoveries and scholarship on this important region. To fully appreciate American furniture, an understanding of the period?s culture and society is invaluable. As the conference brochure notes, ?Boston?s craft history is a rich, colorful tale of immigrants and native-born sons, of European designs and regional innovation, of local customers and distant markets, and much, much more.? This is an opportunity to hear one of America?s leading scholars speak about this important new project.
Don Williams: The Convergence and Divergence of Making and Conserving Historic Furniture
Many of the skill sets in making modern interpretations of historic furniture and in preserving actual historic furniture are often very similar, but in many cases they are not related at all. In this presentation, Don Williams will discuss areas where there are similarities and instances where there are not. There will be special emphasis on deciding what to do, why to do it, and how to do it, with numerous examples from real projects to elucidate the points. Don will also comment on his current work on the Studley Tool Chest and his work on the forthcoming translation of A.J. Roubo?s ?L?Art du Menuisier. Don is the Senior Furniture Conservator at the Museum Conservation Institute of the Smithsonian Institution and is the co-author of Saving Stuff (Simon&Schuster 2005).
Mary May: Carving Traditional Moldings
Professional woodcarver Mary May will be joining us from Charleston, SC to demonstrate how to carve a variety of molding designs. Mary has studied with several European carvers to learn how to carve in the traditional style using only gouges. She will show the technique of carving moldings such as egg and dart, bead molding, rope molding, and gadrooning. These designs are often seen on period furniture such as the design around the edge of a table, or a decorative element on a turned pedestal post of a traditional tea table. Mary will demonstrate how to lay out the design on the wood, the tricks to carving in the correct grain direction, how to carve the molding designs in the most efficient way, and how to get the best cuts with your gouges.