Introduction
Welcome to the People category. Create your research projects about notable people in the world of arts and crafts, and the woodworking trades and industry. A research project regarding notable people in woodworking may include pages titled “Tage Frid”, “George Nakashima”, “Nick Offerman” and other notable people both past, and present, in the world of woodworking.
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Research links
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Smithsonian - https://www.si.edu/
Library of Congress - https://www.loc.gov/
Wikipedia - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page
Research projects
Recent files and images
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| 524 | Jennie Alexander Jennie Alexander with two of of her mastered chairs from a tree. Reference: Uhl, Kara. “Meet The Author: Jennie Alexander.” Lost Art Press, 25 May 2017, https://blog.lostartpress.com/2017/05/25/meet-the-author-jennie-alexander/. |
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| 450 | Uno Cygnaeus Uno Cygnaeus, Finnish priest and schoolman Attribution: K. O. Lindeqvist (1858–1927) [Public domain] Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Uno_Cygnaeus.jpg |
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| 368 | Brother Ricardo Belden (Hancock Shaker Village) Shaker Brother Ricardo Belden, making wooden oval boxes in a workshop at the Hancock Shaker Village, near Pittsfield, Massachusetts. Attribution: By Samuel Kravitt - Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division. http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/ppmsca.07479, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=1267604 Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Shaker_box_maker.jpg |
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| 350 | Nicolo Paganini Portrait of Nicolo Paganini by Maurin. Attribution: Printed by E. Shore and Co., 3, Green Terrace, Rosebery Avenue, London, E.C. Source: https://www.gutenberg.org/files/39571/39571-h/39571-h.htm |
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| 62 | John Makepeace John Makepeace is a British furniture designer and maker. Makepeace was born in Solihull, Warwickshire. Reference: “Meet the Makers Exhibiting at INSPIRED 2017: John Makepeace.” The Furniture Makers’ Company, http://www.furnituremakers.org.uk/news/meet-makers-exhibiting-inspired-2017-john-makepeace/. Accessed 23 June 2018. Source: http://www.furnituremakers.org.uk/news/meet-makers-exhibiting-inspired-2017-john-makepeace/ |
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| 61 | Evert Sodergren Evert Södergren was a 20th century studio furniture designer and maker. Reference: “Evert Sodergren.” The Södergren Studio House, http://www.sodergrenstudiohouse.com/evert-sodergren.html. Accessed 25 June 2018. Attribution: |
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| 60 | Mark Lindquist Mark Lindquist is a woodturner Reference: “Mark Lindquist.” Smithsonian American Art Museum, https://americanart.si.edu/artist/mark-lindquist-2947. Accessed 25 June 2018. Credit: Photograph by Kathy Lindquist |
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| 53 | George Nakashima Time Interview The face of George Nakashima, image taken during the Time Life interview of 1970 Reference: Inc, Time. LIFE. Time Inc, 1970. Source: https://books.google.com/books?id=3FUEAAAAMBAJ&lpg=PP1&pg=PA74#v=onepage&q&f=true |
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| 54 | Nakashima And Slabs George Nakashima standing next to his Walnut slabs that made most of his work, along with a carpenters power saw, image taken during the Time Life interview of 1970 Reference: Inc, Time. LIFE. Time Inc, 1970. Source: https://books.google.com/books?id=3FUEAAAAMBAJ&lpg=PP1&pg=PA74#v=onepage&q&f=true |
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| 47 | Tage Frid Tage Frid, The Great Dane Reference: Tage Frid > Artists > Burchfield Penney Art Center. https://www.burchfieldpenney.org/artists/artist:tage-frid/. Accessed 10 June 2018. |