Classes have always sparked some interesting collaborations at the Center for Furniture Craftsmanship. The summer 2018 Furniture Intensive spawned a particularly inspiring one: two students, perfect strangers, destined to collaborate on a chair. Aaron Hoover was an associate professor of mechanical engineering from Massachusetts; Drew Perkins was a retired securities lawyer from Washington, D.C. Despite different backgrounds, they both came to appreciate the transformational experience of exploring design and handcraft at CFC. In Drew’s words, “I found the Center to be such a unique blend of community and craftsmanship. It was so much more than a school to learn the mechanics of processing wood.”
In fact, Aaron enjoyed working with CFC Furniture Intensive instructors Reed Hansuld and Adrian Ferrazzutti so much, he jumped at the chance to take their Chair Making workshop in 2019, despite a recent cancer diagnosis. He bought some new tools (of course), read Wegner: Just One Good Chair, and he, his wife Robin, and their son, headed to Maine for two weeks of furniture making and other family fun.
