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Steve grew up with a
hammer in one hand and a slide rule in the other. The slide rule led
him through advanced degrees in electrical engineering and 30 years in
the high tech industry doing mathematical analysis, computer
programming and web systems. The hammer kept him sane fixing houses and
making the furniture to go in them, mainly from Shaker-inspired designs
of his own. For a birthday present in a
milestone year, his wife and daughters sent him off to a week of “boat
school” at the Carpenter’s
Boatshop in Pemaquid, Maine. He no longer
talked about wanting to build a boat, but actually built Merlot, a 12
foot Ellen (pulling boat) the following winter in evenings and on
weekends. A course at The
Windsor Institute in Hampton, New Hampshire
launched Steve into making chairs.
Making chairs led to getting a lathe
and turning the legs and rungs, pedestals and finials. In the leap from
employment to self-employment, Steve studied at North Bennet Street
School in Boston at a three-month intensive furniture and cabinetry
workshop, to fine tune his woodworking skills and broaden his exposure
to
18th-century period furniture.
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