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   RickL | Feb 01, 2007 05:26pm | #1

   I saw it a couple of weeks ago. Great show. Never heard of the Chineese scupltor Weiwei. Great stuff. The whole show is worth seeing. One of my neighbors is in the show with some tangram tables.   A few weks before I was in the area on business and stpped in the http://fullercraft.org/. That was a pretty nice place as well. Soon I want to hit the Clarke Gallery and DeCordova Museum and Sculpture Park in Lincoln MA and it's been a long time since I've been to   http://www.gallerynaga.com/artists/furniture.html

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   Ron01960 | Feb 01, 2007 06:41pm | #2

   My studio use to overlook the oriental garden. Salem is a great place to walk.

   I would walk to work most days.  As did many others who worked in downtown or were heading for the train.

   Ron

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   MBerger | Feb 02, 2007 02:08am | #3

   We published a nice audio slideshow about the show a few months back. If you don't get a chance to visit, this offers a nice overview of the show and some of the highlight pieces on display...

   http://www.taunton.com/finewoodworking/ProjectsAndDesign/ProjectsAndDesignArticle.aspx?id=28009

   Matt Berger
   Fine Woodworking

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   Ron01960 | Feb 02, 2007 03:45pm | #4

   Thanks Matt, yes I saw it several times.

   In fact I have posted a notice several times myself. There is just as many interesting pieces that are not on display, A large collection of sailing ship models resides in storage.

   I had the privilege of a private tour in the mid seventies.  The gentleman was a repair man of artifacts. He asked me back on one of his days off, so he could spend more time with me.  A day that ranks in my top 10 of all time.

   The museum was once the "club house" of ship owners and ships officers, next door was their bank. The story goes, that the owners would sit in the front window (2 and 3rd. floors) and watch their cargo being unloaded. That was of coarse when Salem was the shipping capital of the colonies. The advent of the clipper ships brought that to a conclusion. The port was not deep enough for the likes of The Flying Cloud, Yankee Clipper, Great Republic and Staghound to name a few. So Boston became the new shipping capitol.

   The vaults were still in place scattered throughout the building. My closet was a  vault with inch thick iron doors riveted onto forged hinges. It was like living in the past.....!

   Beverly wood artisan and teacher Phil Lowe has a strong relationship with the Peabody Essex Museum.

   Ron

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   RickL | Feb 02, 2007 04:05pm | #5

   The magazine http://www.woodwork-mag.com has done a lot to cover the show with articles on a couple of the makers over the last two issues. That,in my opinion, the better of the Woodmags out there and I'm a former charter subsciber to FWW.