Mothers of famous woodworkers gave advice to their offspring. Following are some actual quotes. If you know of any others, please post them.
Mrs. Krenov: James, your cabinets are too little to hold real dishes, and their legs are too spindly. Just make me a kitchen hutch like the ones in the Ethan Allen catalogue.
Mrs. Frid: Tage, you’ll never get precision with that top-heavy bow-saw? If you want to make good dovetails, get a nice Japanese saw.
Mrs. Chippendale: Thomas, those fancy designs of yours will never sell. Go visit the Shakers and learn how to design simple furniture.
Mrs. Seymour: Thomas, there are already plenty of cabinetmakers in Boston. Why not get into music or drama, where you have a better chance of making a good living.
Mrs. Crunk: OK, little Boss, spit it out. You’ll never get anywhere being shy. Say what you really mean.
Mrs. Hepplewhite: George, why design and make furniture? The real glory is in writing about it.
Mrs. Maloof: Sam, those rocking chairs of yours are very nice, but only old people and new mothers want rockers. Why don’t you make things that everybody wants, like coffee tables?
Mrs. Stickley: Gustav, you should only use pine. It’s lighter and easier to move around. Those heavy dark oak pieces will never catch on.
Mrs. Nutting: Wallace, why do you always hang around antique stores. Think about the future. Get into plastics.
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Mrs. WoodWright: Your always cutting yourself! Find a job that doesn't have anything sharp in it.
And for balance....Mr. Forestgirl: Give me back my hammer and go inside and play with your dolls!
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Mrs Abrams: "Normy, did you know that 3" nails are excellent for holding together the layers of a cake? I'll just add a couple more here, for strength..." ...Thwack, thwack, thwack!!!
Ray
Mrs Pine: "Anybody looking that close, is looking too dam' close". (Real quote.)
Mrs. Abram, again ... Normy don't you have to actually master something (or at least know it) before you try to teach it ?C.P.S.
And Joinerswork please give me the lid of the can of worms ... !C.
Edited 6/30/2006 12:26 pm ET by citrouille
. . . and the quintessential woodworker's mom quote . . .
Mary, " Clean up this mess, Jesus. You want people to think you were born in a barn ? "
Greg
Mary again " Jesus why don't you take up public speaking, instead of chiseling like your ole man? Steinmetz
Mama Thonet: "Michael, for heaven sakes, bending wood? And then using veneer in these quite odd chairs? Please dear, go back to cabinet making. This will get you nowhere but the poor house."
Thonet
forestgirl -- you can take the girl out of the forest, but you can't take the forest out of the girl ;-)
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Mrs. Jones: " Richard, time for your tea dear...leave the sheep alone and come in now. Maybe if you spent some time in Texas with steers..."
Leave it out, BG. Pretty sheep have the most alluring eyelashes and back it up with their come hither bleat. Manky old moo-ing steers from Texas just aren't in the race. Slainte.Richard Jones Furniture
I don't get it-Richard Jones has no Australian connections, to the best of my knowledge(;)Philip Marcou
He's a rugby player - need any more explanation?
Hey,
I'm an
Australian rugby playerAustralian who played rugby for 10 years in the lower grades.And Richard stole my girlfriend. He can keep her.
(but Philip, why do the Kiwis have more sheep per head of population than anywhere else in the world?)
Cheers,
eddie
Edited 7/2/2006 7:06 pm by eddiefromAustralia
(but Philip, why do the Kiwis have more sheep per head of population than anywhere else in the world?)
Do we really want to know the answer to this one and I hope it doesn't have anything to do with their eyelashes or thier come hither bleat.
Edited 7/2/2006 7:24 pm by DaveinPa
Edited 7/2/2006 7:25 pm by DaveinPa
Australia: Where the men are men and the sheep are nervous :-)
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