The Art of Fine Furniture
Opening Reception: Saturday, August 6, 1 - 3 p.m.
Join us for refreshments and meet the artists at the opening reception of this favorite annual exhibit.
On exhibit August 6 - September 17 • Free to explore!
Winona was literally built by the lumber industry. Once a more common trade, today the time-honored skills of woodworking have become an art form. Founded in 2013, The Art of Fine Furniture is an annual exhibit featuring new creations of professional and hobbyist studio furniture makers. Each year a new exhibit invites and excites one’s curiosity to explore the inner mysteries and workings of the pieces and the traditional skills of the craftsmanship that goes into each. Like the other gallery shows at the History Center, most of the furniture exhibited is for sale and is free to explore.
The 2022 exhibition will explore grain patterns, veneers, and dive deep into the processes based on how these amazing artists use lumber. All new pieces will be shown from some new artists and returning favorites.
Grain Power: Learning from Traditional Korean Masters with David Lane
Saturday, September 17, 2 p.m. Winona County History Center, Wanek Hall
When you walk in the woods can you hear the voice of the trees? Can you sense the living soul of the originating tree within an item of furniture in your home? If you woodwork, do you see yourself as a master or servant of the tree whose wood you work? Korean masters of the Josun period certainly did. David will share insights into the use by these master (Somokjang) of three native wood species to describe their world through grain, based in a deep reverence for the tree's soul and history. Images from the world-class collection of traditional Korean furniture at the University of Minnesota's Weisman Museum will be presented. Sponsored by the Minnesota Woodworkers Guild. Free and open to the public. Refreshments will be served.
Join us for refreshments and meet the artists at the opening reception of this favorite annual exhibit.
On exhibit August 6 - September 17 • Free to explore!
Winona was literally built by the lumber industry. Once a more common trade, today the time-honored skills of woodworking have become an art form. Founded in 2013, The Art of Fine Furniture is an annual exhibit featuring new creations of professional and hobbyist studio furniture makers. Each year a new exhibit invites and excites one’s curiosity to explore the inner mysteries and workings of the pieces and the traditional skills of the craftsmanship that goes into each. Like the other gallery shows at the History Center, most of the furniture exhibited is for sale and is free to explore.
The 2022 exhibition will explore grain patterns, veneers, and dive deep into the processes based on how these amazing artists use lumber. All new pieces will be shown from some new artists and returning favorites.
Grain Power: Learning from Traditional Korean Masters with David Lane
Saturday, September 17, 2 p.m. Winona County History Center, Wanek Hall
When you walk in the woods can you hear the voice of the trees? Can you sense the living soul of the originating tree within an item of furniture in your home? If you woodwork, do you see yourself as a master or servant of the tree whose wood you work? Korean masters of the Josun period certainly did. David will share insights into the use by these master (Somokjang) of three native wood species to describe their world through grain, based in a deep reverence for the tree's soul and history. Images from the world-class collection of traditional Korean furniture at the University of Minnesota's Weisman Museum will be presented. Sponsored by the Minnesota Woodworkers Guild. Free and open to the public. Refreshments will be served.
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Pieces from past The Art of Fine Furniture exhibitions.
