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| Tom McLaughlin Tom learned to appreciate the fine arts aspect of woodworking in his teens, but an apprenticeship with 73-year old P.A. “Pug” Moore launched his 15 years of making furniture professionally. Tom’s emphasis on combining exceptional materials with traditionally inspired designs has led to his work being acquired by notable museums. Tom has been featured in Traditional Home magazine, The New York Times, and Fine Woodworking magazine, and has received several design awards from the League of New Hampshire Craftsmen. Tom has been teaching furniture making workshops for 7 years now. In addition, as a member of the NH Furniture Masters Association*, he coordinates the NHFMA Prison program, through which inmates receive individual and workshop training as a rehabilitation effort. View Tom's work, and read his story by clicking on the "Artist" link for Tom McLaughlin at the New Hampshire Furniture Masters Association. |
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| R. Mark Adams R. Mark Adams has had an extraodinary career as a conservator in the specialized field of fine finishing. With over 30 years experience, he has accumulated a distinguished list of clients including major museums and architects such as Alan Greenberg, and Robert AM Stern. He was also the personal conservator to Andy Warhol, has worked for Harrison Ford, and was commissioned to restore the Secretary of State’s office in Washington, DC, from 1983-1992. Having conducted 20 years of research of the 17th-early 20th century finishing texts, as well as experimenting with literally thousands of formulas, Mark is considered the foremost authority on classical finishing techniques. In addition to his impressive credentials, Mark is an excellent communicator, with a seemingly endless supply of great finishing stories. |
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Dick Batchelder In his thirty years as a professional woodworker, Dick has accumulated a wealth of experience. His passion for bowl and faceplate turning was inspired by the likes of David Ellsworth and Peter Bloch. Working faithfully with Peter every Friday for the past eighteen years, Dick honed his turning skills to new heights. He has served as president of the Granite State Woodturners 1998-2000 and is currently president of Village Artists and Gallery in Ashland, NH. In addition to bowl turning and turning lamp bases, his specialties include surface decoration of turned work using paint, goldleaf, and carving. Dick’s work has been featured for sale in several galleries and at League of New Hampshire Craftsman stores. When not busy turning, Dick designs and builds energy efficient timber frame homes. |
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| Garrett Hack Garrett Hack’s earliest memories were of sawing and hammering, so naturally after pursuing civil engineering and architecture at Princeton thirty years ago he became a furniture maker. Later study at Boston University’s Program in Artisanry influenced his style of contemporary designs based on classic forms. Internationally known, his work and Federal inspired brick shop have been featured in The New York Times, Preservation, Home Furniture, and the back cover of Fine Woodworking. He is a contributing editor for Fine Woodworking and teaches classes throughout the country. Hand tools are integral to Garrett’s work; he wrote The Handplane Book and Classic Hand Tools (Taunton Press 1997, 1999) about these essential tools. View Garrett's work, and read his story by clicking on the "Artist" link for Garrett Hack at the New Hampshire Furniture Masters Association. NOTE: Autographed copies of Garrett's book will be available for purchase during his classes. |
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| Clive Hamilton Clive is a skilled master woodcarver with 25 years experience, primarily in his native Jamaica. Clive now lives and works in Worcester, Massachusetts. His carving career began in 1979 with an apprenticeship under master woodcarver Erol Lecky. His high level of dedication to the craft and achievement earned him an advanced apprenticeship with master woodcarver Harold Brown. In Jamaica a skilled carver like Clive was in high demand. Through the 1980s and 90s he thrived in a production shop carving primarily 18th century styles which only deepened his knowledge base and increased his proficiency. During the last four years in the United States, Clive has taught various carving classes at places like Woodcraft in Woburn, Massachusetts, as well as demonstrated at North Bennett Street School in Boston. In addition to his carving skill Clive is a natural as a carving instructor. |
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Peter Hindle Since 1960, Peter Hindle has been teaching as a qualified Craft & Design teacher at various educational institutions in the UK including Shoreditch College/Brunell University in Surrey; Wensleydale School in Yorkshire. In the midst of these appointments, Peter pursued further study in engineering and silversmithing at Brunell University, and Rural Crafts at Worcester University, where he later trained adult students to become teachers in Technical schools and colleges. In 1993 he set up his own company – Ashem Crafts. They now supply rotary planes and allied equipment to almost every continent in the world. He also has taught chairmaking to adults in various colleges in the UK and at Pleasant Hill Shaker Village in the USA. In 1997 he was invited to the Barbican Centre in London to teach a workshop on Shaker chairs. |
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David Lamb David was raised at Canterbury Shaker Village. He apprenticed as a young man to master European cabinetmaker Alejandro de la Cruz. Later David studied with Jere Osgood and Alphonse Mattia in Boston University’s Program in Artisanry. Since 1980 he has had his own shop in Canterbury, proximate to Shaker Village, where he designs and builds furniture on commission, often for celebrities. David has won numerous design awards and his work has been featured in The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, and Art and Antiques. He was featured on HGTV’s series Modern Masters. His work has been published in major trade journals and he has contributed to several books on Shaker furniture. David is a founding member of the New Hampshire Furniture Masters Association. View David's work, and read his story by clicking on the "Artist" link for David Lamb at the New Hampshire Furniture Masters Association. |
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Terry Moore A Welshman who has lived in the States for nearly thirty years, Terry Moore paved the way for his ultimate vocation as a furniture master when, in 1976, he opened his own woodworking shop, designing and making custom kitchens, architectural woodwork, and musical instruments. When he began developing his own designs, he was soon showing his work at exhibitions throughout NH, as well as galleries in Boston and New York. Many awards for his pieces followed. Along with three other woodworkers, he formed the Guild of NH Woodworkers and was one of the six founding members of the NH Furniture Masters Association*. He has been published extensively and is actively involved with training inmates in woodworking at the NH State Prison. View Terry's work, and read his story by clicking on the "Artist" link for Terry Moore at the New Hampshire Furniture Masters Association. |
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| Jon Siegel Jon Siegel has over forty years experience in woodturning. His work ranges from pool cues to porch posts. He moved to New Hampshire in 1978, as head of industrial arts at Proctor Academy, where he taught wood and metal working. Ten years later he set up his own shop to produce woodturnings for furniture and architectural applications. A frequent presenter and demonstrator for turning groups and national conferences, Siegel has invented and patented several innovative woodturning tools. Jon has also been published in Fine Woodworking, is the current President of the Granite State Woodturners, a founding member and past president of the Guild of NH Woodworkers, and a member of the NH Furniture Masters Association. View Jon's work, and read his story by clicking on the "Artist" link for Jon Siegel at the New Hampshire Furniture Masters Association. |
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