| If you have come to this page to learn about my father, Arthur Espenet Carpenter and his life, I suggest you buy his book, education of a woodsmith. This book took my dad twenty years to write. It took me three years to put together. It fully encompasses his evolution of becoming a furniture maker and designer. There is no way I can even begin to explain him here. Just go to the Arthur Espenet Carpenter page on the menu bar and click on my father's book . I also suggest you browse the web for there is much info on him there. Tripp Carpenter
As a kid I was always in and out of my father's shop. One of the first things he did was to put me on the lathe turning candle holders at age six. By committing me to the task of turning at such an early age, my father didn’t realize he would create an overdeveloped one-armed kid, much the same as if I had joined a little league team and become a pitcher.
Turning log after log at the studio with my father, I watched him with his apprentices design and create many beautiful pieces — I learned a hell of a lot through just watching.
It was always a pleasure to visit my dad in his shop and to see the beautiful pieces being finished for his loyal customers.
For the last three years of my father’s life I worked with him in his studio filling orders. He managed to build spectacular pieces up until he was eighty years old. I’ve continued to build some of his fabulous designs, like the wishbone chair and the shell desk.
Art Espenet Carpenter was well known
in the woodworking world as an original designer and craftsman of
outstanding sensuous furniture. His pieces have been collected in the
Smithsonian and the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art. He is considered to be one of thee contempory furniture makers of the twentith century. Please check out the book.
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