Woodworker: Brian Boggs Remembering Sam Maloof: Sam connected so well with virtually everybody he encountered because he loved people and loved life. And that bubbled up in whatever he did, whether it was speaking at a conference or talking to an individual or working with wood or collecting art and craft. And it was infectious. It was hard not to be impacted by that and inspired by that. As much as I admire his chairs and other furniture from a design standpoint, I really think that it’s just the love of life that’s infused in everything he did that made him and his work so magnetically attractive. Similar evolution: With their roots in Appalachia, Brian Boggs’s chairs look quite different from a Maloof rocker. But Boggs’s slow evolution of a single form is parallel to Maloof’s approach. Photo: Geoff Carr From Fine Woodworking #207