Episode 004: Tim Manney
06/16/20 • 73 min
Tim Manney is a chair and tool maker based in Portland, Maine. He primarily builds ladderback chairs using green woodworking principles, but also uses kiln-dried lumber in his process. Although he started his woodworking journey making chairs with influential Windsor chairmaker Curtis Buchannan in Tennessee, he’s found that he’s making more tools for Windsor chairmaking than chairs these days. Tim pays special attention to how he can work with his body the same way he works with the fibers of wood.
See more of Tim’s work by visiting his website www.timmanney.com, or on Instagram @tim.manney.
Tim’s big craft crush is Curtis Buchannan.
Tim Manney is a chair and tool maker based in Portland, Maine. He primarily builds ladderback chairs using green woodworking principles, but also uses kiln-dried lumber in his process. Although he started his woodworking journey making chairs with influential Windsor chairmaker Curtis Buchannan in Tennessee, he’s found that he’s making more tools for Windsor chairmaking than chairs these days. Tim pays special attention to how he can work with his body the same way he works with the fibers of wood.
See more of Tim’s work by visiting his website www.timmanney.com, or on Instagram @tim.manney.
Tim’s big craft crush is Curtis Buchannan.
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Side Projects: "The Hand: At the Heart of Craft"
Welcome to Side Projects, a space dedicated to interesting essays and thoughts, and also a place where we share current happenings at craft schools for those looking for classes or scholarship opportunities. Our first project is dedicated to reading an excerpt from Bruce Metcalf's essay, “The Hand: at the Heart of Craft.” We reflect on the essay, but mostly just wanted to give y’all some food for thought. We hope you enjoy it!.
Our source for the episode is Bruce Metcalf’s article “The Hand: At the Heart of Craft”, American Craft, August/September 2000, Volume 60, Number 4
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Episode 005: Erin Fletcher
Erin Fletcher is a bookbinder from Boston Massachusetts. She focuses on unique bindings that incorporate fiber arts in books that have text. She splits her time between working for clients and creating unique works of art for exhibitions. She expands on traditional and experimental materials, and their efficacy. A graduate of North Bennet Street school, she is grateful to the community she gained while learning her trade. She loves that she can express herself with design bindings and hopes to see them more represented in the worlds of both art and craft.
To see more of Erin’s work ,visit her website www.herringbonebindery.com or check out her instagram @herringbonebindery.
Erin’s Craft Crushes include Rose Adler, Sybil Pye, Coleen Curry, Sue Doggett, Hannah Brown, Annette Friedrich, and Sheila Hicks.
Some bookbinding-related resources from the episode are North Bennet Street School and Philobiblon.
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