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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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Name all files and images appropriately before uploading to our server. Images and files that contain arbitrary titles or naming conventions will be removed from this wiki.
Create a project in the People category by clicking on one of the form buttons below. Once the page is created you can choose the People category in the "Properties" tab of your wiki page project..
Also please geo-locate your research project in the "Properties" tab. Use the "Search Location" feature to find the birth place of your subject, then save.

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Research links

The links provided below are helpful links for our editors to use, they are by no means meant to be the only source. If you find links that are helpful for the research of this subject, please include them below.

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

ID T Name
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/
28 Henry O. Studley
Brother Henry O. Studley (1838-1925) was a piano maker employed by the Poole Piano Company of Quincy, Massachusetts.
Reference: H. O. Studley Masonic Tool Chest. http://www.phoenixmasonry.org/masonicmuseum/tool_chest_made_by_studley.htm. Accessed 25 June 2018.
Credit:
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
30 Nakashima At Work
George Nakashima working with his worker.

Attribution: "LIFE - Google Books." $site. May 02, 2018. $publisher, Web. May 02, 2018.
Source:https://books.google.com/books?id=3FUEAAAAMBAJ&lpg=PP1&pg=PA74#v=onepage&q&f=true
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
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
43 Roy Underhill
Roy Underhill on set for a PBS Woodwright's Shop episode.

Reference: “Watch Oline | The Woodwright’s Shop with Roy Underhill | PBS | PBS.” | Watch Oline | The Woodwright’s Shop with Roy Underhill | PBS | PBS, http://www.pbs.org/woodwrightsshop/watch-on-line/. Accessed 10 June 2018.
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
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.
25 George Nakashima
George Nakashima making some technical drawings inside his workshop in New Hope, Pennsylvania.

Reference: “From the Archives: George Nakashima in Conversation with Legendary Interviewer, Studs Terkel.” Archinect, https://archinect.com/news/article/147205338/from-the-archives-george-nakashima-in-conversation-with-legendary-interviewer-studs-terkel. Accessed 10 June 2018.




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