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Winter 1975, Volume 1, Number 1

CONTENTS

News

Letters

A Change of Pace by John Kelsey: Furniture is fun, but banjos are better.

Authors

The Renwick Multiples: A chance for many Americans to see

woodworking of today.

Checkered bowls by Irving Fischman: Reinterpreting in wood the designs

of the American Indians

Tramp Art by Helaine Fendelman: When European chip carvers roamed

America

Hand Planes by Timothy E. Ellsworth: The care and making of a

misunderstood tool.

Carving Design Decisions by Robert L. Buyer: Questions to answer before

taking that first chip

Woodworking Thoughts by Tage Frid: Some musings of a designer-

craftsmen-teacher

Marquetry Cutting by Peter L. Rose: Some methods give a better fit than

others

Which Three? by Robert Sutter: One manÓs opinion on the basic

workshop

Library Ladders by Alastair A. Stair: How the British had their steps and

hid them too.

A Serving Tray by Lionel Kay: How to use up waste veneers and please

the family as well.

Stamp Box by Stanley D. Saperstein: What happened when the old relic

box reached America

All in One by Brian Considine: Putting together several favorite design

features

French Polishing: The disappearing art of getting a fine shellac finish

Birch Plywood: A professional product due to go amateur

Bench Stones: The variables that produce the better edge

SuppliersÓ News: Tools from Europe and catalogs

Books: Using found wood: Wood for Wood-Carvers and Craftsmen,

Reviewed by R. Bruce Hoadley

Editor and Publisher

Paul Roman

Contributing Editors

Tage Frid

Alastair A. Stair

Robert Sutter

Associate Publisher

Janice A. Roman

Bed and Board: A winning combination

Fine Woodworking is published quarterly, December, March, June, and September, by The Taun-

ton Press, Taunton Lake Road, Newtown, CT 06470, Telephone (203) 426-2611. Second Class

Press. No reproduction without permission of The Taunton Press. Subscription rates: United States

and possessions, $8.00 for one year, $15.00 for two years; foreign rate, $9.00 for one year. Single

copy $2.50. Postmaster: Send notice of undelivered copies on form 3579 to: The Taunton Press,

PO Box 355, Newtown, CT 06470. Please address all subscription, editorial, and advertising cor-

respondence to The Taunton Press, PO Box 355, Newtown, CT 06470.

NEWS

Masterworks in Wood

Portland Museum builds Bicentennial theme around it

The Portland Art Museum is marking the nationÓs

bicentennial anniversary with a year long series of exhibitions

centered around the theme, ÐMasterworks in Wood.Ñ The

Oregon institution chose wood because the state has no

colonial heritage as such and because it wanted to point up

the importance of wood, OregonÓs principal natural resource,

Ðas a medium of human expression of the highest order.Ñ

The exhibitions, which are the most ambitious in the

museumÓs 83-year history, are bringing to Portland wood

master-works representing some of the worldÓs greatest

sculptural traditions.

The series is in five parts, the first of which was held this

fall and featured key sculptures in wood from the twentieth

century.

During the Christmas season, the ÐChristian TraditionÑ

will be the theme, with religious images in wood from the

12th century to the present included, as well as altar pieces,

saints and religious events.

Late winter will see an exhibition on the woodcut print,

and during the summer there will be a selective invitational

exhibition of sculptures in wood and furniture by artists of

Oregon and Washington.

The final exhibit, scheduled for late fall of next year, will

explore the use of wood in Oriental art from the Han dynasty

to the early nineteenth century, and will include 50 Japanese

and Chinese masterpieces in wood.

Buffalo Craftsmen Mount

ÒLanguage of WoodÓ Show

Some 29 North American designer-craftsmen displayed

their recent work in a wide ranging show called the

ÐLanguage of Wood.Ñ It was jointly sponsored by the

Buffalo Craftsmen, Inc. and the Charles Burchfield Center at

the State University Campus at Buffalo. The show was held in

late October and November.

Among the exhibitors were Wesley Brett, D.L. Valenza,

Tage Frid, Alphonse Mattia, Sam Maloof, William Keyser,

Doug Sigler, C.R. Johnson, Walker Weed, Wendell Castle,

Nelson Delavan and Dennis Dorogi.

Buffalo Craftsmen is a large and active craft organization

with workshops, exhibitions and services for professional and

amateur artists, designers and craftsmen.

Students Build

Drying Shed

Woodworking students at Rochester

Institute of Technology near comple-

tion of a shed in which to air-dry furni-

ture hardwoods that will be milled

from trees found in the area.

Pine logs for the beams were squared

on site, using an Alaskan mill attached

to a large chain saw; floors and

sheathing are red oak. Traditional barn

joineryÏpinned tenons and large

dovetails-was used throughout. Be-

gun in the spring of 1975, the entire

project cost less than $3,000. Several

students now plan to build their own

homes by similar methods.

Wood Carvers Association

Membership at Record Level

2000 TOOL CATALOG

This new color catalog represents the finest collection of top

quality imported and domestic woodworking tools and ac-

cessories. Over 1000 hard-to-find tools are pictured. Each

tool is completely described and where necessary its use

explained. Our book section is noted for the special care taken

to find books by leading woodcraft authorities. No wood-

working shop is complete without a copy of this catalog.

Catalog 50¡ Free to instructors.

WOODCRAFT

The National Wood Carvers Association now has a record

10,200 members according to its president, Edward F.

Gallenstein.

The organization was started in 1953, but in 1965 still had

only 470 members. By 1970, it had jumped to 3000, and

now, over 10,000.

Annual dues are $5, which also includes a subscription to

ÐChip Chats,Ñ an informative bimonthly publication, now

40 pages long.

The wood carvers are organized into chapters covering

practically every state; some states have more than one. The

chapters vary as to activeness.

Each August the wood carvers sponsor an International

Wood Carvers Congress jointly with the Great Mississippi

Valley Fair in Davenport, Iowa. Last year a total of 127 carvers

representing 34 states and Canada submitted 383 carvings for

judging, a record participation.

For further information about the NWCA, contact

Gallenstein at 7424 Miami Avenue, Cincinnati, Ohio, 45243.

Dept. FW 125 313 Montvale Ave.

WOBURN, MASS. 01801

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Help Spread the Word!

Marquetry Society

Exhibits at Metropolitan

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The annual exhibition of the Marquetry Society of America

was held this year in the 81st Street Gallery of the Metropoli-

tan Museum of Art in New York. Some 140 pieces were

submitted and 89 picked to hang in the gallery during the

month of November.

The society was formed in 1972 by a group of enthusiastic

marquetarians who wished to establish a forum for the

exchange of ideas, techniques, and experiences. Since then

the society has grown to several hundred members from all

over the country.

Membership dues are $10 a year and include periodic pub-

lications and access to a growing library of over 300 marquetry

patterns.

The society holds monthly meetings at ConstantineÓs,

which has been giving the society active encouragement

during its formative years.

For more information, write the Society at 2050 Eastchester

Road, Bronx, N.Y. 10461.

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