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.

Sunday, April 5, 2020

You Should Not Be Afraid of Your Glue

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Have You Tried This? My first experience with super glue was when I was working in physics nearly 50 years ago. I didn't know...

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Saturday, April 4, 2020

Synthetic Glues Rub Me The Wrong Way

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One Ton of Milligan and Higgins Glue In my somewhat distinguished and long career as a woodworker, I can say with confidence that I...

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Friday, April 3, 2020

Hoe To Save Your Hide (Glue)

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9-17-08 When you work in a shop for a while, things just seem to find a place and never go away. I am always finding photos, sticker...

Thursday, April 2, 2020

Cooking Oatmeal or Cooking Glue

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You Cannot Make Marquetry Without Hot Glue At this age, I get up ever day at 5:00 am and hit the ground running. I believe the fi...

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Wednesday, April 1, 2020

Video Series: Working With Protein Glue

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Another Day at Work To say that I repair furniture is being modest. For 50 years I have solved two types of problems associated w...

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Tuesday, March 31, 2020

Quarantined At Work

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Christmas at 3815 Utah Street The world has changed since my last post. I have been as busy as always, working on diverse and amazin...

Sunday, November 10, 2019

Master to Master Interview

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I returned to teach at Marc Adams School of Woodworking in Indianapolis recently. I have been asked to teach there for several years now an...

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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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