I’m heading up to Berea, KY, tonight for the Woodworking in America conference. Please let me know if any of you are going to be there. It would be great to meet up. (You can't miss me: I'm 6'2" with a thick head of hair. Ok, Ok. I'm 5'6" and bald. But I'm a tall 5'6"!!) If you’re not attending, please check out my caffeine-fueled, wifi-enabled updates. The easiest way to do that is to sign up for my rss feed. For those who twitter, I’ve added a button so you can follow what's happening.
I’ll be writing about the conference sessions and the general vibe, doing interviews with presenters and attendees and posting some photos and video. I’ll also be writing about some woodworkers in the area, an exhibit of Kentucky-made furniture and my visit to the nearby Shaker village for a Shaker furniture overdose. I'm psyched!
Thanks and I hope to see some of you there!
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Gearing Up for the Woodworking in America Conference
I'm really getting excited about the upcoming Woodworking in America Hand Tools & Techniques Conference in Berea, KY, that's being put on by Popular Woodworking and Woodworking Magazine. More than anything, I’m looking forward to it being an unadulterated, woodworking-overdose geekfest! With the caliber of the presenters, there is no surprise that the event is completely sold out. Even all the hotels in the area are booked solid.
Since I'm lucky enough to be able to attend, I would love to know what you would like me to report on there. I'm trying to finagle a laptop and a camcorder so I can post directly from the event and record some video of the presentations and chats with presenters or attendees. I hope to meet with lots of the toolmakers (Lie-Nielsen, Hock, Robin Lee and even Sauer & Steiner – the guys who make planes that cost $1,900 and up!) to find out what new stuff they're working on. And I hope to schmooze with the presenters, so if you have any specific questions for any of them, please let me know and I'll do my best to ask them. There are going to be some other woodworking bloggers there also, and I hope to get to know them a bit and find out their take on woodworking on the Interwebs.
Here are just a few of the sessions I’m going to attend:
Dovetailing -- pins vs. tails with Roy Underhill and Frank Klausz
Advanced dovetailing with Frank Klausz
Understanding western saws with Christopher Schwarz
Wooden plane technology with Underhill and Larry Williams
Setting up a hand tool shop with Adam Cherubini
Understanding wood for chairmaking with Brian Boggs
Furniture design with John Economaki and Kevin Glen Drake
I've never been to Berea, KY, but I'm planning to go up a day before the conference to look around. If possible, I'm going to meet with some of the amazing woodworkers there and write some posts about them. I hope to pay a visit to the nearby Pleasant Hill Shaker Village as well.
Stay tuned! And please send questions and comments.
Since I'm lucky enough to be able to attend, I would love to know what you would like me to report on there. I'm trying to finagle a laptop and a camcorder so I can post directly from the event and record some video of the presentations and chats with presenters or attendees. I hope to meet with lots of the toolmakers (Lie-Nielsen, Hock, Robin Lee and even Sauer & Steiner – the guys who make planes that cost $1,900 and up!) to find out what new stuff they're working on. And I hope to schmooze with the presenters, so if you have any specific questions for any of them, please let me know and I'll do my best to ask them. There are going to be some other woodworking bloggers there also, and I hope to get to know them a bit and find out their take on woodworking on the Interwebs.
Here are just a few of the sessions I’m going to attend:
Dovetailing -- pins vs. tails with Roy Underhill and Frank Klausz
Advanced dovetailing with Frank Klausz
Understanding western saws with Christopher Schwarz
Wooden plane technology with Underhill and Larry Williams
Setting up a hand tool shop with Adam Cherubini
Understanding wood for chairmaking with Brian Boggs
Furniture design with John Economaki and Kevin Glen Drake
I've never been to Berea, KY, but I'm planning to go up a day before the conference to look around. If possible, I'm going to meet with some of the amazing woodworkers there and write some posts about them. I hope to pay a visit to the nearby Pleasant Hill Shaker Village as well.
Stay tuned! And please send questions and comments.
Woodworking in America Conference
The folks at Woodworking Magazine and Popular Woodworking have announced a new event coming up in November. The Woodworking in America Conference will be held November 14-16 in Berea, Kentucky. The list of stellar demonstrators includes Roy Underhill (of PBS's "The Woodwright's Shop" fame), Frank Klausz, Thomas Lie-Nielsen and Ron Hock, just to name a few. I’m really excited that this event is going to be held fairly close to me. And I’m also excited to be able to attend. While I’m there, I’ll be blogging as much as I can to describe what’s going on for those who are unable to attend.
From the announcement:
“There will be more than 40 classes during the three-day event, and 10 of them will be hands-on workshops in the Berea College student industries building. We’ll cover a range of hand-tool topics, from basic sharpening to advanced dovetailing. Plus, many of the sessions will focus on aspects of the craft that rarely get attention, including Japanese tools, 18th-century woodworking and chairmaking.”
If you are in the area or if you can get to the area, this promises to be a truly unique opportunity to learn up-close from some of the best craftsmen working today. The official website for the event is www.woodworkinginamerica.com. You’ll find information there about registration, fees and logistics. I hope to see you in Berea!
From the announcement:
“There will be more than 40 classes during the three-day event, and 10 of them will be hands-on workshops in the Berea College student industries building. We’ll cover a range of hand-tool topics, from basic sharpening to advanced dovetailing. Plus, many of the sessions will focus on aspects of the craft that rarely get attention, including Japanese tools, 18th-century woodworking and chairmaking.”
If you are in the area or if you can get to the area, this promises to be a truly unique opportunity to learn up-close from some of the best craftsmen working today. The official website for the event is www.woodworkinginamerica.com. You’ll find information there about registration, fees and logistics. I hope to see you in Berea!
Events I Love: BKLYNDESIGNS Edition
I had the pleasure of attending BKLYNDESIGNS a few years ago and was amazed at the high quality and variety of the work there. Put on annually by the Brooklyn Chamber of Commerce, this year’s show is being held from May 9 through May 11 and will feature 70 exhibitors in four locations around DUMBO, Brooklyn. (DUMBO is one of those hip acronyms that stands for Down under the Manhattan Bridge Overpass – it has nothing to do with flying elephants.)
The furniture is cutting-edge and top drawer, but so are the textiles, pottery, jewelry, lighting and other crafts on display. Friend-of-Furnitude Palo Samko will be there. I can see he’s already updated his website with some of his new work. You can also check out the work of Daniel Moyer.
If you are in the New York area, this is a must-attend event. I wish I could make it up there this year! Well, there’s always next year. If you can't attend, check out the list of exhibitors to see their websites. You can find BKLYNDESIGNS at www.brooklyndesigns.net.
The furniture is cutting-edge and top drawer, but so are the textiles, pottery, jewelry, lighting and other crafts on display. Friend-of-Furnitude Palo Samko will be there. I can see he’s already updated his website with some of his new work. You can also check out the work of Daniel Moyer.
If you are in the New York area, this is a must-attend event. I wish I could make it up there this year! Well, there’s always next year. If you can't attend, check out the list of exhibitors to see their websites. You can find BKLYNDESIGNS at www.brooklyndesigns.net.
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