WPatrickEdwards

A traditional furniture conservator, restorer and maker discusses his life experiences and his philosophy of work. If you love marquetry this is the place to discuss it. All work is done with hand tools and organic traditional materials and methods.

Saturday, November 27, 2010

ASFM Graduate Student Work IV

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If you have been reading all the posts of this blog, you may ask "Why is this post 'Graduate Student Work IV'?" I should...
Friday, November 26, 2010

Home Sweet Home

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Some people never move. I am one of those people. I have spent nearly 40 years in the same building doing the same work. I find it ver...
Saturday, November 20, 2010

How Dangerous is Hand Tool Woodworking?

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Today I volunteered to sit at a table to promote SAPFM (Society of American Period Furniture Makers) during a two day event sponsored by Li...
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Friday, November 19, 2010

Butterflies Are For Everyone

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The greatest gift I can receive from teaching is experiencing the diversity, creativity and imagination of the people who are "stud...
Thursday, November 18, 2010

What Is A Chevalet Kit?

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One of the first questions I asked, when I entered ecole Boulle and met Dr. Pierre Ramond, was "When was the chevalet de marqueterie f...
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Wednesday, November 17, 2010

Wood To Dye For

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There are many tricks to falling asleep. For example, just stop drinking coffee and work 24 hours a day. A more practical method is to c...
Monday, November 15, 2010

La mutiplication des chevalets de marqueterie

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It was always my desire to introduce the special tool for cutting marquetry, which has been invented and developed in Paris for two centuri...
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W. Patrick Edwards
San Diego, CA, United States
I was born in Los Angeles in 1948 and moved to San Diego in 1958. I entered UCSD as the first freshman class in 1967 and graduated in 1971 with a degree in Applied Physics and Information Science, minor in American History. During my college years I owned an antique store at the same time I worked 20 hours a week in the physics department at UCSD. In 1968 I worked on site at Brookhaven Labs in New York for a year and took my classes by mail. Upon graduation I secured a job for Maxwell Labs, ran my antique business on the weekends and taught Decorative Arts classes at night. I produced a series of 10 shows on CBS called "Welcome to the Past...The History of American Furniture." In 1972 I decided to quit my physics career and devote full time to the antiques business. It was the best decision of my life. I choose to work by hand, without machinery, using only period materials and methods. I also walk to work every day. Life is good.
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