| This blog is written by Hoosierwoodcraft | 50 entries so far |
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Historic Craftsman - Thoughts on Design and Craftsmanship #3: Sears Mail Order Homes
After praising a lot of craftsman over the past ten years, thought it was appropriate to praise t...
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Historic Woodworker Videos #45: Gus Baumann with the Spark of Wooden Puppets
This is a tribute video to Gustave Baumann (1881-1971) and his woodblock prints and his pursue of...
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Historic Woodworker Videos #44: Sir Ambrose Heal, Arts and Craft Retail Furniture Designer
Today, am releasing my historic woodworker tribute on Ambrose Heal, the furniture designer, manuf...
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Historic Woodworker Videos #43: Francis Trumble – One of America’s first Windsor Chair Makers
This month, I have been researching one of the first American Windsor Chairs – our first na...
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Historic Woodworker Videos #42: The Origin of the Black Forest Carvers in Brienz Switzerland
Thought you would like to see this re-post of a historic video tribute to the wood carvers in Bri...
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Historic Craftsman - Thoughts on Design and Craftsmanship #2: Lilly Reich, Mid-Century Furniture and Exhibition Designer
If you were inspired by a female woodworker lately, you will want to see my historic design tribu...
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Historic Woodworker Videos #41: The Adventures of Lemuel Chenoweth to create timber-framed covered bridges
The last few months I have been researching the science and techniques to create a timber-framed ...
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Historic Woodworker Videos #40: Historic tribute to a Japanese carpenter
In 1893, America celebrated Columbus Day with a World’s Fair in Chicago. The Fair represen...
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Historic Woodworker Videos #39: Leslie Garland Bolling created dignity and beauty in award winning wooden sculptures
In the last three months, I have researched and put together a video tribute to another woodworke...
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Historic Woodworker Videos #38: John and Thomas Seymour, 18th Century Federal Cabinetmakers
Three days before the big holiday, I wanted to publish another historical woodworker tribute on a...
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Historic Woodworker Videos #37: Israel and Albert Sack, Godfathers of Early American Furniture
This historic woodworker tribute video flashes back to the days when the price of antique furnitu...
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Historic Woodworker Videos #36: The Romance of the Mahogany Tree
Today, I just completed another woodworking tribute video. This time, I looked at the discovery ...
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Historic Woodworker Videos #35: Gustave Baumann Spark of Wooden Puppets
Taking my grandson to his first puppet show inspired me to research the life of Gus Baumann. T...
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Historic Woodworker Videos #34: Andre Roubo, 18th Century Marquetry Educator
Over the last two months, I have spent some time reviewing a book by Silas Kopf and Lost Arts Pre...
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Historic Woodworker Videos #33: Charles Lathrop Pack, Father of Forest Education
This month, I have been researching Charles Lathrop Pack, a lumberjack who finally saw a problem ...
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Historic Woodworker Videos #32: Visual Impact of Charles Rennie Mackintosh
Since Quora has ranked Charles Rennie Mackintosh as one of the ten best woodworkers, I have re-po...
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Historic Woodworker Videos #31: Charles Honoré Lannuier - American Empire Cabinetmaker
Continuing my search of the best woodworker, I returned to the times of the American Revoluti...
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Historic Woodworker Videos #30: Tage Frid, Dean of American Woodworker
A few months ago, I was flipping thru Tage Frid’s Teaching Woodworking series, and I realiz...
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Historic Woodworker Videos #29: Charles Rohlfs, Artistic Arts and Craft Furniture
Developed this video tribute to the furniture designer Charles Rohlfs and his impact on Arts and ...
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Historic Woodworker Videos #28: Charles A Smith, Maker of Wooden Clocks - re-posted
Have made this woodworker tribute video to Charles A Smith for his mechanic ability and his abili...
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Historic Woodworker Videos #27: Furniture's Race to the Bottom
This video attempts to capture the furniture building traditions in three eras: 1880s in Grand R...
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Historic Woodworker Videos #26: Tilman Riemenschneider, German Medieval Sculptor
Over the last month, I have focused on a woodworker in the 15th century that created religious ca...
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Historic Woodworker Videos #25: Black Forest Wood Carvers - Reposted
This month, I focused on the carving industry in Switzerland. I created a tribute video on the B...
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Historic Woodworker Videos #24: Thomas Chippendale's Woodworking Lessons
This month, I have been researching the life story of Thomas Chippendale. I found he knew his way...
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Historic Woodworker Videos #23: Wharton Esherick's Woodcuts Re-posted
This video focuses on the early life-story of Wharton Esherick, the future designer, and his pers...
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Historic Woodworker Videos #21: Video Tribute to Edward Barnsley, Arts and Craft Furiture
This month I created a tribute video to Edward Barnseley, one of the last Arts and Craft English ...
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Just for Fun #1: Scientific Inspirational Wooden Carving
Looking at the spring graduation of my niece, and just for fun, I decided to make a video of the ...
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Historic Woodworker Videos #20: Showers Brothers Furniture Company
When I hear of a corporate mistreatment of a fellow woodworker, I searched historically for a com...
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Historic Woodworker Videos #19: Norway's Medieval Timber Framers
This month, I created a video on the culture, vision,, and construction that went into the Urnes ...
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Historic Woodworker Videos #18: Video Tribute to Charles Eames
Pass thru any airport or modern apartment, and you will see the impact of plywood on the furnitur...
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Historic Woodworker Videos #17: Thomas Molesworth, Father of Western Furniture
As a follow-up on Robby44 submission of his Molesworth’s cabinet (with Norm Adams design), want t...
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Historic Woodworker Videos #16: J.D. Fosdick, Father of Wood Burning
The video was re-posted at http://vimeo.com/73477234
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Historic Woodworker Videos #15: Revenge of the Wood Spirit (animation) Deleted and lost
Am curious with all of the creativity of woodworkers, that no one since the 1940s has attempted t...
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Historic Woodworker Videos #14: Antonio Stradivari and his woodworking skills
For one of my Illinois violin making friends, I completed a woodworking tribute to Antonio Stradi...
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Historic Woodworker Videos #13: John Townsend, Colonial Cabinets of Newport
With thanks to Doucette and Wolfe Furniture, I developed a tribute video to John Townsend, the Ne...
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Historic Woodworker Videos #12: Tribute to Nora Hall
In 2011, woodworkers lost the master wood carver, Nora Hall. She brought honor back to the malle...
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Historic Woodworker Videos #11: Oshkosh Woodworker Strike
Because most of us work at a small studio shop -with one or two employees, we forget that most of...
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Historic Woodworker Videos #10: A Tear for the Cooper Trade
I have created another woodworking tribute video. This is a melodramatic tribute to the handcraf...
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Historic Woodworker Videos #9: Orren Haskin, Shaker Woodworker
This month, the woodworker tribute video focuses on Orren Haskins as a carpenter and his role as ...
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Historic Woodworker Videos #22: Historic Woodworker Tribute to Unkei, Japanese Carver
Reposted the video at http://vimeo.com/46155832
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Historic Woodworker Videos #8: Pear Wood - Woodworker's Delight
This video started with an examination of a musical recorder patterned after Phillippe Bolton; an...
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Historic Woodworker Videos #7: James Krenov, Cabinet-Maker
After reading “Cabinetmaker’s Notebook”, I began to understand why James Krenov was so admired as...
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Historic Woodworker Videos #6: Morton Converse, wooden toy manufacturer
To my fellow woodworkers, I wanted to look back at one of the first and largest toy manufacturers...
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Historic Woodworker Videos #5: Thomas Day, Cabinet Maker
This month I created a tribute to Thomas Day, a free man of color, who became one of largest furn...
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Historic Woodworker Videos #4: Bily Brothers Scrollsaw
For my fellow hobbyists who love the scroll-saw, I created this video on the Bily Brothers. Thei...
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Historic Craftsman - Thoughts on Design and Craftsmanship #1: Samuel Yellin 1926 Speech via tour of workshop
As a woodworker, I am always on the lookout for talks on craftsmanship. I found a 1926 address t...
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Historic Woodworker Tribute # 4 Greene & Greene
A few weeks ago, I studied a Greene & Greene fireplace mantle being shown by a Boston museum....
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Historic Woodworker Videos #3: Elias Atkins Saws
For vintage tool collectors, a short reminder that the second largest saw producer was the E.C. A...
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Historic Woodworker Videos #2: George Nakashima, Modern Craftsman
In the grand scheme of woodworking, what is more important: the skills needed at a wood bench, t...
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Historic Woodworker Videos #1: Paul Prybil, First Commerically Available Bandsaw
In June, I researched the history of Paul Prybil, who invented the first commerically available b...
Have created over 20 videos on numerous woodworkers as a tribute to their craftsmanship, their unique style, or new innovation. These videos have been posted to YouTube under Hoosierwoodcraft. Would like to use this space to talk about new stoies I am developing. These Notes link you to those videos
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