Spring 09 Issue

A High School for Boatbuilders

April 27, 2009
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A High School for Boatbuilders

SWEDEN’S STENSUND FOLKHOGSKOLA BY DREW LANGSNER As director of Country Workshops, a small crafts school focused on traditional woodworking, I have enjoyed organizing an annual international craft tour. Since 1991, we have visited Sweden, England, Switzerland, and Japan. I organize each tour with someone well versed in the regional crafts and local culture of...

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The Adventure of the Pilgrim’s Chair

April 27, 2009
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The Adventure of the Pilgrim’s Chair

LOOKING BACK BY TOM CASPAR Sometime in the haze of the 1970s, Armand LaMontagne, a wood sculptor from Rhode Island, sought revenge against the museum world. He had been rebuffed by curators when he questioned the authenticity of some antique furniture, so he set out to vividly demonstrate the experts’ gullibility. Armand painstakingly built...

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