Introduction

Welcome to the People category. Create your research projects about notable people in the world of arts and crafts, and the woodworking trades and industry. A research project regarding notable people in woodworking may include pages titled “Tage Frid”, “George Nakashima”, “Nick Offerman” and other notable people both past, and present, in the world of woodworking.

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Create a project in the People category by clicking on one of the form buttons below. Once the page is created you can choose the People category in the "Properties" tab of your wiki page project..
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Research links

The links provided below are helpful links for our editors to use, they are by no means meant to be the only source. If you find links that are helpful for the research of this subject, please include them below.

Smithsonian - https://www.si.edu/
Library of Congress - https://www.loc.gov/
Wikipedia - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page

Research projects

Recent files and images

ID T Name
524 Jennie Alexander
Jennie Alexander with two of of her mastered chairs from a tree.
Reference: Uhl, Kara. “Meet The Author: Jennie Alexander.” Lost Art Press, 25 May 2017, https://blog.lostartpress.com/2017/05/25/meet-the-author-jennie-alexander/.
450 Uno Cygnaeus
Uno Cygnaeus, Finnish priest and schoolman
Attribution: K. O. Lindeqvist (1858–1927) [Public domain]
Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Uno_Cygnaeus.jpg
368 Brother Ricardo Belden (Hancock Shaker Village)
Shaker Brother Ricardo Belden, making wooden oval boxes in a workshop at the Hancock Shaker Village, near Pittsfield, Massachusetts.
Attribution: By Samuel Kravitt - Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division. http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/ppmsca.07479, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=1267604
Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Shaker_box_maker.jpg
350 Nicolo Paganini
Portrait of Nicolo Paganini by Maurin.
Attribution: Printed by E. Shore and Co., 3, Green Terrace, Rosebery Avenue, London, E.C.
Source: https://www.gutenberg.org/files/39571/39571-h/39571-h.htm
62 John Makepeace
John Makepeace is a British furniture designer and maker. Makepeace was born in Solihull, Warwickshire.

Reference: “Meet the Makers Exhibiting at INSPIRED 2017: John Makepeace.” The Furniture Makers’ Company, http://www.furnituremakers.org.uk/news/meet-makers-exhibiting-inspired-2017-john-makepeace/. Accessed 23 June 2018.
Source: http://www.furnituremakers.org.uk/news/meet-makers-exhibiting-inspired-2017-john-makepeace/
61 Evert Sodergren
Evert Södergren was a 20th century studio furniture designer and maker.

Reference: “Evert Sodergren.” The  Södergren  Studio  House, http://www.sodergrenstudiohouse.com/evert-sodergren.html. Accessed 25 June 2018.
Attribution:
60 Mark Lindquist
Mark Lindquist is a woodturner

Reference: “Mark Lindquist.” Smithsonian American Art Museum, https://americanart.si.edu/artist/mark-lindquist-2947. Accessed 25 June 2018.
Credit: Photograph by Kathy Lindquist
53 George Nakashima Time Interview
The face of George Nakashima, image taken during the Time Life interview of 1970

Reference: Inc, Time. LIFE. Time Inc, 1970.
Source: https://books.google.com/books?id=3FUEAAAAMBAJ&lpg=PP1&pg=PA74#v=onepage&q&f=true
54 Nakashima And Slabs
George Nakashima standing next to his Walnut slabs that made most of his work, along with a carpenters power saw, image taken during the Time Life interview of 1970

Reference: Inc, Time. LIFE. Time Inc, 1970.
Source: https://books.google.com/books?id=3FUEAAAAMBAJ&lpg=PP1&pg=PA74#v=onepage&q&f=true
47 Tage Frid
Tage Frid, The Great Dane

Reference: Tage Frid > Artists > Burchfield Penney Art Center. https://www.burchfieldpenney.org/artists/artist:tage-frid/. Accessed 10 June 2018.



Woodworking hand tools banner for OSHA
Reference: Safety and Health Topics | Woodworking | Occupational Safety and Health Administration. https://www.osha.gov/SLTC/woodproducts/tech_woodworking.html. Accessed 15 Nov. 2018.

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