Interesting Estate Sale of a Woodworker Around The Corner

[Malcolm Schweizer]

Wow, you can surely see the Nakashima influence. Nice find.

[Ken Fitzgerald]

Sounds like a great find Jim.

[Maurice Mcmurry]

Wow, you can surely see the Nakashima influence. Nice find.

I was interested to see how much the Shakers influenced Mr. Nakashima and the rest of the world.

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snips from The Shaker Legacy.

[Jim Becker]

I was interested to see how much the Shakers influenced Mr. Nakashima and the rest of the world.

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snips from The Shaker Legacy.

That's very true as the simplicity was very appealing. And the same contrast holds true for my other idol, Thos Moser...very shaker, but with some strong hints of Japanese influence in certain design lines. This is all something I truly appreciate.

[Peter Mich]

Thanks for sharing this. Walking in there must have been a bit like opening and entering a time capsule…

[Jim Becker]

Thanks for sharing this. Walking in there must have been a bit like opening and entering a time capsule…

Yea, it was, both for the house and the shop. While power tools were certainly part of the process, as they are at Nakashima Studios, there was clearly a focus on traditional joinery as well as carving which I kinda have the feeling was his true creative outlet. I'm sad I missed "the good stuff" that left the day before I was there...I'm sure there were some wonderful hand tools that got bought for pennies on the dollar. The estate "wants it gone!". The carved doors, especially the double front door on the house, were stunning. I hope that the future owner preserves them, but who knows?