Society of American Period Furniture Makers

Convex Newport Shell video up on the video site

October 31, 2012 MaryMay Newport Shell

I just put on my woodcarving school website a 2 hour long video on carving the Convex Newport Shell. This is the same video as the DVD with some slight variations in editing. It is broken down into 6 chapters: Chapter 1: Carving down the area under the shell Chapter 2: Shaping the shell Chapter [...]

Acanthus Carving Article for the Society of American Period Furniture Makers

February 21, 2012 MaryMay Society of American Period Furniture Makers

Here is the article I wrote for the Society of American Period Furniture Makers 2009 yearly journal. Their web site is www.sapfm.org. They are a great organization that focuses on everything to do with period furniture. If you become a member you can have access to quite a few very detailed furniture plans on their [...]

In Memory of Norman Landry

August 21, 2011 MaryMay Society of American Period Furniture Makers

Norman Landry, a dear friend, passed away yesterday, August 20, 2011. Norman had a passion for building reproduction furniture and was deeply involved in the Society of American Period Furniture Makers (www.sapfm.org). I am not sure how far back he goes in the group, but I know that he was one of the founding members of the Houston [...]