Conference speakers touched on topics from the business side of furniture making and artistry to inspiration and design and the importance and value of skilled work in our society.
Byron Conn, a furniture design student in the School for American Crafts, explains in a video his approach to wood craft at the division of College of Imaging Arts and Sciences at the Rochester (NY) Institute of Technology.
The Furniture Society, in partnership with Powermatic, announced that five students will be awarded scholarships of $2,000 to $3,000 to attend one-, two- or eight-week workshops in 2008.