Editor: David Mills
ROCKPORT, ME - “Current Student Work” opens at the Messler Gallery of the Center for Furniture Craftsmanship in Rockport, Maine on Friday, April 13. The opening reception will be held from 5-7 p.m. and public attendance is encouraged. The exhibition runs through May 30.
“Current Student Work” showcases furniture and decorative objects created by participants in the Center for Furniture Craftsmanship’s flagship course, the Nine-Month Comprehensive. The students who are presently enrolled come from a wide array of backgrounds and experience, including fine arts management, cabinetmaking, engineering, climbing instruction, and health and human services. For many, this exhibition is the first opportunity to see their work in a professional setting. Commenting on the work in the exhibition, the Center’s director, Peter Korn, said “Exciting, fresh designs such as these can only happen when talented individuals explore a new medium, unburdened by ingrained assumptions about the limitations of material, function, and technique.”
The Nine-month Comprehensive program is designed for aspiring professional furniture makers and dedicated amateurs who seek in-depth training at the highest standard of excellence. Students complete eleven sequential projects that take them from woodworking fundamentals through the fine points of design and craftsmanship. The Lead Instructor for the course is Aled Lewis, a highly respected
furniture maker from the U.K. Lewis is joined by twelve co-teachers who are experts in areas such as casework, finishing, carving, drawing, bending, veneering, and chair making. Maine woodworkers and artists who serve as instructors include painter Linden Frederick, turner Stephen Gleasner, marquetarian Jim Macdonald, furniture maker Mason McBrien, cabinetmaker Weber Roberts, furniture maker Kevin Rodel, furniture maker Tim Rousseau, carver Valdemar Skov, and artist John Whalley. Other instructors include furniture maker Adrian Ferrazzutti, from Ontario, woodworker Beth Ireland, from Massachusetts, and finisher Teri Masaschi, from New Mexico.
Exhibitors in “Current Student Work” are Gregory Boll, from Indiana, Michael Danchak, from Connecticut, Ian Kirk, from Maine, Ryan Meacham, from Pennsylvania, Ted Newman, from Montana, Monica Raymond, from New Hampshire, Alex Roebuck, from Ontario, Arnd Seibert, from Germany, and Jerry Wilkins, from North Carolina.
The Center for Furniture Craftsmanship is a nonprofit, year-round school that offers courses in furniture making and related arts such as carving and woodturning. For more information, call 207-594-561, e-mail victoria@woodschool.org or visit our website at www.woodschool.org. Messler Gallery hours are 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., Monday through Friday, and 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Saturdays. The Messler Gallery is located on the campus of the Center for Furniture Craftsmanship, at the corner of Route 90 and Mill Street in Rockport, Maine.
Jerry Wilkins, “Hall Table” Monica Raymond, “Meditation” Ted Newman, “Casa de Newlewdel” macassar & gabon ebony, satinwood walnut, maple, hemp, varnish quartersawn white oak
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