DESIGN and CRAFTSMANSHIP
Love Seat by Ted Blachly, curly sugar maple (54"x26"x31"h), 2005
Spring Desk by Jere Osgood, bubinga shell carcase, wenge legs, ash and cherry interior with black leather writing surface (51"x31.5"x49"), 1996
Ted Blachly & Jere Osgood
September 10 – 21
Each participant explores new skills through the process of designing and building a piece of furniture. Instruction is available in virtually all aspects of furniture construction, with an emphasis on curved work, particularly laminate and tapered-laminate bending. Jere and Ted encourage students to engage in a thorough design process which includes full-scale drawings and mock-ups. Frequent demonstrations, including tambour construction, veneer work, and sculptural shaping techniques, are complemented by extensive one-on-one instruction. Additional topics of discussion will be as varied as the use of sketchbooks and drawings, pattern shaping jigs, chair design and dining tables.
Ted Blachly has been a woodworker and furniture maker for over 30 years. His studio is in Warner, New Hampshire, where he works primarily on commission. Ted is a member of the New Hampshire Furniture Masters Association, his work has appeared in Architectural Digest and Fine Woodworking and he is a recipient of the Guild of New Hampshire Wood-workers’ “Design Award” and the League of New Hampshire Craftsmen’s “Furniture Excellence Award.”
Jere Osgood lives in Wilton, New Hampshire and has been making exceptional furniture for more than 40 years. Named a Fellow of the American Craft Council in 1993, he received the Furniture Society’s Award of Distinction in 2002. Jere exhibits internationally and his work is in the permanent collections of the Museum of Arts and Design in New York and the Renwick Gallery of the Smithsonian Institution, among others.