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Issue Eighteen T.O.C. – All for the Best: An Interview with Chairmaker Andy Glenn
Sometimes, a place can call out to the best of our creative impulses. One such place is the coast of Maine, where something in the air or the water has drawn an outsized proportion of makers, teachers, and artisans to call it home. One of the more renowned is Andy Glenn, who both practices and teaches furniture making from his shop in Waldoboro.
For Issue Eighteen, Joshua and Mike paid Glenn a visit in his light-filled woodshop. They talked about his new book, Backwoods Chairmakers: In Search of the Appalachian Ladderback Chairmaker, published by Lost Art Press, and some of the insights he’s gained from the experience of writing it. The chair-making culture is widely varied, taking on a unique flavor wherever it is located, but there are always fascinating connections. Glenn’s work has brought him from the hills of Kentucky to the bold coast of Maine, and he has embraced the wood species and pace of life in his newly adopted home.
Teaching the craft requires a whole host of new skills, and Glenn shares how he manages to find a balance between building, classes, and family. He talks about machines and hand tools in his shop, things he’s observed that tend to hold students back in skill growth, and the beauty of integrating loving work into life – warm conversation between good friends, with a cup of coffee on a cold winter’s day.
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