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Women Woodworkers (post #123884)

dovetailedinberea on Mon, 05/15/2006 - 16:22

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I know you're out there.

There's a "new" trend among woodworking suppliers and publishers - to give some attention to their women readers. Frankly, I've been dissapointed and insulted (and p.o.'ed) by the quality and level of work that they apparently think women are capable of or interested in. I know we do better work all the time.

So I'd like to hear from women out there, whether you're an old artisan/master craftsperson, a novice, somewhere inbetween or just interested. Tell me/us about yourself, what kind of work you do and what you're interested in doing. I'd like to establish a forum for us, a network, a support group - whatever you want to call it, whatever we need.

If there is enough interest, I might even get together our own web site or at least a message board.

Can't wait to here from you.

Roxy

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by webdiva20 in reply to dovetailedinberea [original] on Sun, 05/21/2006 - 18:21

Roxy--

Yeah, women get the short shrift in the woodworking world. But I've had some success in my exploits, both in woodworking and cabinetmaking. I have been working with wood since high school, and ended up going to the Center for Furniture Craftsmanship in Maine with Peter Korn in 2001-2002. Since then I've worked for two different cabinet shops as builder, shop manager and installer.

Now I'm living in Mexico and starting up a furniture making business. The quality of work down here is a lot lower than I'm accustomed to, so I'm not sure what level I'll end up working down/up to. Also, the selection of wood types seems to be very limited. But I'm just now getting my shop up and running, so I have a way to go before I actually produce a sellable product. I'm sure I'll learn a lot about this business in Mexico between now and then.

I'd love to have an online resource where I can go for advice and sound-board responses. Let me know what you find and if you set something up.

Laura

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by dovetailedinberea in reply to Anonymous [original] on Mon, 05/22/2006 - 17:55

Laura!

I'm so glad to hear from you.

Sounds like you have a lot of experience. I think it would be a great help and a network and support system if we had our own forum. Your input would be greatly appreciated.

I'm just getting my shop set up and roaring. I'm starting out with Shaker and Shaker Inspired furniture. I'm really jazzed because next week I'm taking a "Shaker Writing Desk" class with Kelly Mehler, THE tablesaw guy. I'm very fortunate to live here in Berea, Ky.. In addition to Kelly, we have Brian Boggs (nationally known chairmaker and lecturer) and Warren May (started with dulcimers and does some beautiful furniture work) and a few miles down the road is Don Weber (Welsh Chairs using primarily hand tools).

Here's my email address, you and anyone who reads this can feel free to contact me there.

Looking forward to our correspondence.

Roxy