Stephen Fixx
03-13-2006, 7:53 PM
Hey all, I'm new to these parts and thought that I would introduce myself :) These message boards are very active and attract a fun crowd so I thought might hang around for a bit.
I'm mostly a hobbyist but I do a fair bit of woodworking for my job too. I install exhibits at an art museum. The woodworking is mostly cabinetmaking, making frames and crates. My expertise is really in the framing and art handling aspect of the job, but I also do all the graphics for museum too.
I have a heated shop in our 1 car garage. It's tight but well equipped and functional as long as I(or my sons) keep it clean. My current binge is Windsor chairmaking with hand tools and I've recently started turning so that I could make my own legs and stretchers. Last spring I took 2 classes at Dunbar's Windsor Institute and in the fall took "Turning for Furniturmakers" at the Conover Workshops. I feel both schools gave me all I needed to get a really good start. I have some links to my woodworking below. The Yahoo link is a general portfolio that I've used for job applications...it shows the crazy range of my interests. My blog is just where I've thrown some recent pics for relatives to see my new interest.
http://pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/stephenfixx/my_photos
http://windsorchairmaker.blogspot.com/
If anybody is in my area I'd love to hear from you. Especially if you know of the Wellington,OH woodworkers club. It's pretty solitary out here in the sticks. I am in Oberlin about 30 minutes west of Cleveland.
God Bless,
Steve
I'm mostly a hobbyist but I do a fair bit of woodworking for my job too. I install exhibits at an art museum. The woodworking is mostly cabinetmaking, making frames and crates. My expertise is really in the framing and art handling aspect of the job, but I also do all the graphics for museum too.
I have a heated shop in our 1 car garage. It's tight but well equipped and functional as long as I(or my sons) keep it clean. My current binge is Windsor chairmaking with hand tools and I've recently started turning so that I could make my own legs and stretchers. Last spring I took 2 classes at Dunbar's Windsor Institute and in the fall took "Turning for Furniturmakers" at the Conover Workshops. I feel both schools gave me all I needed to get a really good start. I have some links to my woodworking below. The Yahoo link is a general portfolio that I've used for job applications...it shows the crazy range of my interests. My blog is just where I've thrown some recent pics for relatives to see my new interest.
http://pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/stephenfixx/my_photos
http://windsorchairmaker.blogspot.com/
If anybody is in my area I'd love to hear from you. Especially if you know of the Wellington,OH woodworkers club. It's pretty solitary out here in the sticks. I am in Oberlin about 30 minutes west of Cleveland.
God Bless,
Steve