Comments on: Thos. Moser On Steve’s Table Dilemma

By: Chris652

Chris652 — Tue, 26 Jun 2012 17:13:43 +0000

I seem to recall, Sam Maloof carried the title of ‘woodworker’ on his business card. When asked, he said he thought it was a fitting title for himself.

By: RWSmith13

RWSmith13 — Tue, 26 Jun 2012 16:22:00 +0000

If you don’t go, I’ll go in your place!!!!

By: pskvorc

pskvorc — Tue, 26 Jun 2012 16:09:49 +0000

FINALLY! Someone making a living in furniture making that isn’t a snob and an idiot. THANK YOU Mr. Moser!

When a person buys an OBJECT, they OWN it. They may do what they wish with it. (At least for a little while longer in this country.) If Mr. Shanesy wanted to to cut it up for firewood, it would have been his prerogative to do so. That would have been an unwise choice in my opinion, and I would have given other advice had I joined the conversation early enough. Nonetheless, I would have shed no tears BECAUSE IT IS THE DESIGNER AND BUILDER, NOT the built that warrants our respect. The alternative is to assign ‘spirits’ to inanimate objects and start hanging them when they ‘commit crimes’ as the good people of New England were inclined to in the witch-hunting days.

“Art”… a term coined by people with no skill used to part wannabes from their money, or, dropped by those that want to appear ‘important’. One is a thief, the other a charlatan.

I’ll make no apologies for the harshness of my comments. I’ve been working with wood for 45 years and I am nauseated by what I have seen MOST of the fields of skilled labor become – “art”. Ptooey!

Again, thank you Mr. Moser.

By: Palouse

Palouse — Tue, 26 Jun 2012 15:59:20 +0000

Thanks for the follow-up post.

Just a thought, but if you do make it to Maine, photos and a write-up would make for a great story.

By: jaspertops

jaspertops — Tue, 26 Jun 2012 15:30:41 +0000

Steve, you could leave this table to one of the kids, take up Mr. Moser on his offer to use his shop, and build yourself a new table to fit the new house, and in the process, get a great article from it. And since the table has fond memories associated with it, the memories get added to as the old table gets passed down through the generations.

By: UTDeere

UTDeere — Tue, 26 Jun 2012 12:31:54 +0000

Steve,
It might be nice to save even the smallest pieces and make your children writing pens that they can use daily and carry with them for life, pass on to their children and leave a legacy story that will always be fun to tell.
Tom

By: bill

bill — Wed, 20 Jun 2012 03:04:17 +0000

GO!

By: jazzman

jazzman — Wed, 20 Jun 2012 01:44:20 +0000

I must take Issue with Mr. Moser’s comment: “We’re craftsmen, not artists.”
People of Mr. Moser’s caliber have attained a level of skill and understanding in their medium such that they ARE indeed artists. Stating you are a craftsman does you a disservice.

That being said, artists modify their works regularly, An X ray of any classic painting will show changes as tghe artist works through theur design.

Dean

By: 7-Thumbs

7-Thumbs — Tue, 19 Jun 2012 23:39:12 +0000

“Now even more to think about…” Whats to think about, it’s Tom Moser offering to let you work in his shop. I would have thought you would have tripped over the “Yes” coming out of your mouth.

By: scooteruk

scooteruk — Tue, 19 Jun 2012 20:03:21 +0000

Steve,
For all your readers who’d love to build a piece of Thos. Moser furniture at the shop, you can! Thos. Moser has a customer-in-residence program that allow you to stay and build a piece:

Our Customer in Residence (CIR) program officially launched in September of 2007 when five long-time Moser customers spent a week with us here at our shop in Maine building furniture and staying in Freeport’s historic Harraseeket Inn. What started as an experiment has blossomed into a full-fledged program that, much to our amazement, has attracted interest from all over the globe. Below you will find a general overview and FAQ about the program. If you have additional questions that we haven’t covered here, please feel free to contact us.

Program dates for 2012 are listed below. Please note that dates may be changed/added based on session interest and shop capacity. Sessions tend to fill quickly, especially during the summer months, so please call as soon as possible to check on availability and reserve your spot.

2012 Program Dates:
April 15-21, 2012
May 6-12, 2012
June 3-9, 2012
July 8-14, 2012
Aug. 12-18, 2012
Sept. 9-15, 2012
Oct. 7-13, 2012
Nov. 11-17, 2012

My father-in-law lives just up the road from the shop and has been trying to get my wife and I to do this for years. Maybe this year…! Don’t cut up the table, the sum of it’s parts includes your growing family. A good place will make itself known.
Scott