American Period Furniture, Vol 8

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dsredlin

dsredlin

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To ALL involved with the latest volume of the American Period Furniture....great job!  You might have a hard time topping this one. 

Keep up the great work!

Dave
 
Rob and all,

The journals were mailed to domestic addresses Friday, Dec. 12th from Central Ohio via standard presort mail. Due to the Christmas rush, allow a few extra days for delivery, but most folks will have them before the 25th. The international (Canada, Australia, UK) mailing went out this week. I hope you find it is worth the wait and that it piques your interest in writing something for the 2009 APF.

Happy Holidays,

Mark
 
I agree with all.  Being a new member I was very impressed with Vol 7, but Vol 8 has that "Wow!" factor.  The photography in both volumes is stunning.
Being interest in reproducing pieces from the Queen Anne period, could someone suggest a volume or two from 1 through 6 that I should order?

Thanks,
-Chuck

P.S.
Congratulations to Mr. Sharp. That is an amazing body of work.
 
By the way - If anyone is interested in this, I've photographs of the change in wood color over the course of the UV exposure I did for the APF article (the samples were photographed each day). 

It didn't make sense to take up pages in the journal with all of those, as the end-point photos show the final effect. 

However, if anyone wants to see how the exposed samples changed over time, I could supply the photos and Mark Arnold might be able to upload them to a link on the SAPFM website.  One observation I'd make about it is that most of the change occurred in the first 3 days of exposure (about 8 total hours of sunlight).
 
Chuck,

If you are interested in Queen Anne, look at the articles in volume 2, Carving a QA Fan, and volume 3, QA Desk on Frame. The table of contents for every volume are found here http://www.sapfm.org/merchandise/apf_toc.html.
 
Mr. Keller,
I very much enjoyed your article on the effects of UV radiation on wood ageing, and would be interested in seeing the photos you mentioned. I'm working on a QA tea table in cherry, and have planned to set it by a sunny window (rotating it a couple times a week for several weeks) to "age" it more quickly.
Allan
 
Jeff,
Your reply is well taken.  I do have to learn how to carve a fan for my current project so that may be a good place to start.

-Chuck
 
Allan - Mark contacted me about uploading the photos, they should be posted after the holiday.  By the way - glass absorbs a good bit of light in the UV Spectrum that's responsible for the chemical changes that darken the wood, so you may find that it's necessary to expose the table to sunlight on a covered porch or something similar to get the degree of change you want at a reasonable rate.
 
It's fantastic!!! It's hard to believe that a young, small organization as we are could produce a printed document of the quality as this years American Period Furniture. Mark and Margaret should stand proud for this accomplishment. And,  many thanks go out the contributors. I loved it all!! Thanks so very much!!!
 
I love every issue of this publication and look forward to it every year.  Each and every issue gets better and this year is no exception.  Wow! Great job to everone involved!  The downside is that I have 12 months to wait for the next one.

Scott
 
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