The
Workshop
Celebrating the Place
where Craftsmanship Begins
by Scott Gibson
Hardcover
245 x 285mm
202pp
Published by The Taunton Press, Connecticut, USA.
R.R.P.$59.90
ISBN 1-56158-575-0
Extract from cover flap of book:
Come visit the place where Craftsmanship begins..
A workshop is much more than a physical space full of tools. The existence of a shop represents a creative impulse to make things. It is the place where a woodworker imagines, designs, tries, fails and succeeds in making something beautiful out of wood. Some shops are used to earn a living, others to pass on the craft. In all shops new designs are forged, limits are tested and art is created.
In this guided tour of the workshops over 35 woodworkers, we discover that a workshop can be large or small, indoors or out, tucked away on a mountain top or under the desert sun, jam-packed or airy. The over 290 photos in this book freeze the shops in a moment in time, but a shop is always a work in progress; it may be rearranged dozens of times in service of its owner.
Beyond the pleasure of vicariously visiting these workshops is the opportunity to meet furniture makers, boatbuilders, turners, carvers and luthiers who share a common love: creating in wood. This finely crafted book will inspire anyone who aspires to woodworking as well as those who already work wood.
About the Author - Journalist and woodworker Scott Gibson is a former editor of Fine Homebuilding, Fine Woodworking and Home Furniture magazines who now works as a freelance writer, editor and photographer from his home in southern Maine. A contributing editor to Fine Homebuilding, he writes about residential building, architecture and furniture for a number of publications. He is a long-time furniture maker whose work has appeared in Fine Woodworking.
Photos: Colour
Contents
Introduction
The Workshop Legacy
Backyard
Simplicity
David Stiles
Nature
in the Rough
Jon Brooks
Carving
Delight
Jeffrey Cooper
Furniture
as Art
Michael Creed
A
World of Tiny Details
Jacques Vesery
A
Shop for Two
David and Michelle Holzapfel
Time
for Play
Barbara Butler
Man
with a Mission
Marc Adams
A
Century of Teaching Excellence
North Bennet Street School
A
Window in Time
Colonial Williamsburg
An
Inspired Shop for Kids
Richard Starr
A
Rural Teaching Tradition
Drew Langsner
High-Tech
on the Waterfront
Douglas Green
A
Woodworking Legacy
Mira Nakashima-Yarnall
Making
a Mark
Alan Bradstreet
An
American Garage Classic
Anna Carter
Shaker
with a Twist
Christian Becksvoort
Life
on a New Hampshire Hilltop
Tom McLaughlin
Keeping
Arts and Crafts Alive
Kevin Rodel and Susan Mack
A
Country Character
Jacob Cress
Wyoming
Mountain Retreat
Don Rawlings
High
Art in the Desert
James Wiley
A
Shop Run Wild
William Turner
A
Turner's Life
Don Stinson
A
Shop in Concert
Robert Abrams
High
Flyer
Loran Smith
Master
of Curves
Jere
Osgood
Earth-Berm
Shop
Seth Rolland
Reviving
an Ontario Homestead
Michael Fortune
High
Precision, High Style
Scott Schmidt
Machine
Power
Stephen Cotter
A
Dane in California
Ejler Hjorth-Westh
Making
a New Life
Randy Martin