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November 2005Images from the 13th Master Woodworkers' Show More than 1,200 visitors came to the 13th Master Woodworkers' Show on November 4-6, 2005! The private opening
reception on Thursday evening was attended by 88 guests who enjoyed the
fine music of Wood, Wind & Wire, and 128 guests attended the public
reception on Friday evening, including 20 visitors from Friends of the
Renwick Gallery of the Smithsonian Institute. Over $20,000 in sales and commissions were made
during the Show by seven woodworkers.
Russ Jacobsohn enjoys his rocking horses!
Brian Boggs with his table & chairs
Richard Davis - canoe and paddles
Dan Beals' ornaments
Marion Randolph
Alf Sharp and his Chest-on-Chest
Ed Decker & Rick Popp with one of Al Hudson's tables
One of Robert Lowery's marquetry creations
Enjoying the show!
[updated 11/07/05]
13th Master Woodworkers' Show Coming to Knoxville
Show hours: Selected works from the Show will remain on exhibit at the Emporium through November 23. Regular gallery hours are Monday-Friday, 9am-5pm. The Show features handcrafted fine furniture, woodturnings, wood sculpture, and marquetry by 31 master woodworkers from Tennessee, Kentucky, and across the nation. “The artists participating in the Show form a collection of talent and ability rarely seen within one room,” says Jerry Spady, former President of the Guild. Staff and friends of the Smithsonian Institute and Renwick Gallery in Washington, DC, selected the Show for their Fall Arts Tour 2005. The juried show has attracted an impressive group of participants including Alf Sharp of Woodbury, TN, who will display a commissioned reproduction of one of the finest pieces of 18th century American furniture, the Samuel McIntyre-Elias Derby Chest-on-Chest. The original is currently on display at the Boston Museum of Fine Arts. Other artists include Brian Boggs, a well-known chair maker and tool inventory from Berea, KY; Curtis Buchanan of Jonesborough, TN, one of the premier Windsor Chair makers in the United States; Craig Stevens of the College of the Redwoods in California; Al Hudson, a longtime Guild member with over 70 years of experience building fine furniture; Dr. Clay Crowder of Maryville, TN, who has taught workshops all over the country on woodturning; Brad Sells of Cookeville, TN who has developed a unique chainsaw carving technique that yields amazing sculptural vessels; Terri Cadman of Knoxville, TN, winner of the national Niche Award for wood sculpture; Robert Lowery of Knoxville, TN, whose marquetry creations are featured at the Smithsonian Institute; Ernie Gross of Knoxville, TN, Adjunct Professor of Furniture Design for UT Knoxville; Lynn Dudenbostel of Louisville, TN, nationally-recognized luthier of mandolins and guitars; Russ Jacobsohn of Sparta, TN, who carves original rocking animals; Scott DeWaard of Walland, TN, who created the bronze sculpture at the new St. Mary’s facility; Ed Decker of Maryville, TN, who was commissioned to build furniture for President and Mrs. Reagan; Dan Duncan of Knoxville, TN, one of the premier cabinetmakers in the country; and the late Dr. Dan Beals of Knoxville, who perfected a turning and carving technique that produced incredibly delicate ornaments and bowls. Knoxville woodworkers include Bruce Brown, Ron Clayton, Howard Cox, the late Dick Hancock of the Tennessee School for the Deaf, Chuck Howerton, Rick Popp; they are joined by Michael Perrin of Blaine, Rick Scott of Clinton, Bob McCormack of Sparta, Jerry Spady, Dennis Siemsen and Marion Randolph of Oak Ridge, and Bill Wilkey of Rockwood. The opening reception on Friday, November 4, from 5:30-8pm, is free and open to the public, and light hors d’oeuvres are served. For more information, please contact Ed and Arleen Decker, show coordinators, (865) 856-7262, or visit the Guild website at www.korrnet.org/etwg. [updated 09/28/05]
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