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Our February Meeting was held on Tuesday, February 21st

This month's speaker was Ethan Hutchinson, a professional furniture maker here in Denver.  He showed a slide show of many of his pieces.  Ethan has build many pieces using large slabs, and talked about the engineering required to support them.  He also studied with Sam Maloof and makes his own variations of sculpted chairs.  For an idea of the type of work he does, check out his website at http://www.ethanhutchinson.com

Our January Meeting featured James Cole, a chair maker from Colorado Springs.  He spoke about the ergonomics of chair design, emphasizing the importance of being aware of where the person will have their feet, their seat and a support for the back.

James has been teaching a dozen Guild members how to build his signature Rocker.  He has devoted many hours and donated use of many of his specialized tools to this group to help everyone learn the art of assembly and sculpting this piece.  Everyone is working hard to try to have their chair ready to bring to the February meeting.