Books about the Shakers are always littered with photographs of rooms prominently displaying one or two pieces of furniture standing on the signature wide-boarded wood floors of the time. But, looking beyond the ‘staring’ piece there are always other furnishings being kept out of the way hanging on those characteristic shaker pegs.
Classes coming to Sawdustandwoodchips…
What’s the difference between a rip saw and an SD flash Memory Card?
Please join these local woodworkers as they discuss the craft of woodworking and starting your own practice: this Thursday at 6:30 pm at the library.
In this article I am going to take you through the steps of making a Shaker candle stand based on one first made in New Lebanon, NY Shaker Village in the first quarter of the 19th Century and is currently in the collection at the American Museum in Bath UK.