From The Wayback Machine

For the last several months I’ve been prevented from getting into a rhythm in the shop due to a host of wonderful family happenings, sometimes even going for weeks without darkening its doors.  When I do get into the shop I spend a lot of time cleaning, organizing, and tuning up the shop itself.  That really does not require really getting in the flow, I can just spend a few minutes here or there moving nd throwing away. In fact I’m trying to impose a better order and functionality of several shop spaces.

One of the unintended pleasures of the undertaking has been the rediscovery of items I did not even remember I had, at least until I put my hands and eyes on them.  Such is the case with this 3″ x 3″ print, taken with a tiny Kodak Instamatic pocket camera fifty years ago.  This piece was one of the “kits” delivered to the Schindler’s shop in the back of a Mercedes station wagon.  Taking pictures of my projects was simply not part of my operating system back then, but this tulipwood and rosewood marquetry secretaire bore a royal inventory stamped, probably from about 1700.  Along with the other “kits” I worked on around this time, including a pair of bureaus by Riesener, a switch was turned for me that has directed part of my life to this very day.

And I did not even remember this image until I found it while going through a box of ancient stuff.  Heck, I haven’t even thrown away all my papers from college.  My college career lasted from 1972 to 1985, so…