Arthur Carpenter (furniture maker)

Arthur Espenet Carpenter (January 20, 1920 – May 25, 2006)^[1]^[2] was a master woodworker and furniture maker in Bolinas, California ^[3]^[4]^[5]^[6] known for his wishbone chair and desk with scalloped seashell sides. Self-taught, he joined the Baulines Craft Guild. He also taught had apprentices. His work is in the collection of the Smithsonian Institution and has been exhibited in The Museum of Modern Art and The Museum of Arts and Design in New York. He was declared a “living California treasure” in 1984.^[7] He received The Furniture Society's Award of Distinction in 2001.

References

^ Oral history interview with Arthur Espenet Carpenter, 2001 June 20-2001 September 4
^ Art Espenet Carpenter, 86, Who Made Sleek and Distinctive Furniture, Dies
^ Art Espenet Carpenter, 86, Who Made Sleek and Distinctive Furniture, Dies
^ Art Carpenter: 1920-2006 Self-taught woodworker and influential West Coast furniture maker dies at 86 by Matt Berger June 2, 2006 Fine Woodworking
^ SACRAMENTO BEE: MASTER OF THE GUILD Sacramento Bee - Oct 17, 1987
^ Philadelphia Inquirer - December 26, 1985 - C06 FEATURES PEOPLE HOME ENTERTAINMENT; INFLUENTIAL WORKERS IN WOOD AT SNYDERMAN
^ Arthur Espenet Carpenter Archived September 4, 2013, at the Wayback Machine Craft in America

v t e American Craft Council College of Fellows
Honorary Fellows are listed in italics.
1975	Adda Husted Andersen Dorothy Meredith Ed Rossbach Frans Wildenhain Harvey Littleton Lenore Tawney Lili Blumenau Peter Voulkos Sam Maloof Toshiko Takaezu Trude Guermonprez Florence Eastmead Francis Sumner Merritt Margaret Patch Mary Lyon Maurine Roberts Rudolph Schaeffer
1976	Charles Loloma Else Regensteiner John Paul Miller Karen Karnes Laura Anderson Ronald Hayes Pearson Ruth Penington Anna Wetherill Olmsted Lloyd Kiva New
1977	Alice Kagawa Parrott Daniel Rhodes Don Reitz John Prip Mary Caroline Richards Ramona Solberg Robert C. Turner Aileen Osborn Webb
1978	Alma Eikerman Bob Stocksdale Dominick Labino Frederick Miller Jack Lenor Larsen L. Brent Kington Mary Walker Phillips Rudolf Staffel Rudy Autio Eugenia Campbell Nowlin
1979	Arline Fisch George Nakashima Gerry Williams Hans Christensen Katherine Westphal Joan Mondale Margery Anneberg Rose Slivka William Brown
1980	Bernard Kester Joel Myers Margret Craver Mary Nyburg Tage Frid Warren MacKenzie Eudorah Moore Robert W. Gray
1983	Douglass Morse Howell F. Carlton Ball Mary Ann Scherr Ruth Duckworth Sheila Hicks Marian Heard Susan Peterson
1985	John Mason Kay Sekimachi Marianne Strengell Maurice Heaton Richard Thomas Ted Randall Harold Brennan Sydney Butchkes
1986	Dale Chihuly Kenneth Ferguson Wendell Castle
1987	Beatrice Wood Claire Zeisler Dominic Di Mare Edward Moulthrop Heikki Seppä June Schwarcz Richard DeVore Robert Sperry Val Cushing Carlyle Smith James Wallace Jonathan Fairbanks LaMar Harrington
1988	Albert Green Arthur Carpenter C. Carl Jennings Frances Senska Fritz Dreisbach Glen Kaufman Harrison McIntosh Mark Peiser Mary Scheier James McKinnell Nan Bangs McKinnell Paul Soldner Phillip Fike Polly Lada-Mocarski Ted Hallman Walter G. Nottingham William Daley C. Malcolm Watkins James Melchert Lloyd Herman Marion Stroud Swingle Paul J. Smith Rudy Turk
1990	Edris Eckhardt Frances Higgins Francis Whitaker Gertrud Natzler Lillian Elliott Margaret Tafoya Michael Higgins Otto Heino Otto Natzler Viktor Schreckengost Vivika Heino Blanche Reeves R. Leigh Glover
1992	Cynthia Schira David Shaner Edgar Anderson Joyce Anderson James 'Mel' Someroski Karl Martz Kurt Matzdorf Marvin Lipofsky Robert Arneson Stanley Lechtzin Walker Weed Helen Drutt English Mildred Constantine Ruth DeYoung Kohler
1993	Betty Woodman Gerhardt Knodel Jere Osgood John Marshall Kenneth Price Margarete Seeler Oppi Untracht Robert G. Hart
1994	Albert Paley Henry Halem John McQueen Merry Renk Patti Warashina Robert Ebendorf Rude Osolnik Stephen De Staebler Viola Frey Lee Nordness
1995	Charles Counts Ferne Jacobs Fred Fenster J. Fred Woell Karl Drerup Richard Marquis Wayne Higby Michael Monroe
1996	Betty Cooke Claude Horan Garry Knox Bennett Helena Hernmarck Jun Kaneko Kenneth Bates Mark Levine Mary Lee Hu Jean Griffith Virginia Harvey
1997	Chunghi Choo Jack Earl Ka Kwong Hui Lia Cook Bob Winston Ron Nagle Tommy Simpson William Keyser Sandra Blain
1998	Dan Dailey Edwin Scheier Eleanor Moty James Bassler Judy McKie Richard Mawdsley Richard Shaw William Harper Paulus Berensohn
1999	Dorothy Barnes Helen Shirk Irena Brynner Nancy Crow Paul Marioni Ralph Baccera Therman Statom Fred Marer
2000	Adrian Saxe Anne Wilson Cynthia Bringle Eugene Pijanowski Hiroko Sato-Pijanowski James Krenov Joyce Scott Marjorie Schick Paul Stankard Christa C. Mayer Thurman Theodore Cohen
2001	David Ellsworth Gary Noffke Joan Livingstone John Glick Michael James Norman Schulman Thomas Patti Warren Seelig Alice Rooney
2002	Harlan Butt Jane Sauer John Cederquist Paula Winokur Robert Winokur Garth Clark
2003	Ana Lisa Hedstrom James Tanner Kurt Weiser Norma Minkowitz Tom Joyce Albert LeCoff
2005	Alphonse Mattia Flora Mace Gary Griffin Joey Kirkpatrick Linda Threadgill Patricia Hickman Martha Longenecker
2006	Akio Takamori Howard Ben Tré Jason Pollen Kiff Slemmons Walter Hamady Stuart Kestenbaum
2007	Arturo Sandoval Marilyn da Silva Mark Lindquist Richard Notkin Robert Brady William Morris Nanette Laitman
2008	Adela Akers Glenda Arentzen Gyöngy Laky John Horn Robyn Horn Tony Hepburn Toots Zynsky Wendy Maruyama Lois Moran
2009	Benjamin Moore Bernard Bernstein Carol Shaw-Sutton Jamie Bennett Louis Marak Rosanne Somerson Robert Pfannebecker
2010	Ginny Ruffner John Garrett John Stephenson Rebecca Medel Ron Ho Susanne Stephenson William Hunter Janet Koplos
2012	Andrea Gill Anne Currier Dante Marioni Lewis Knauss Sharon Church Sherri Smith Thomas Loeser Bruce Pepich
2014	John Gill Jane Lackey Michael Hurwitz Judith Schaechter Bruce Metcalf William Carlson Tina Oldknow
2016	Nick Cave Michael Cooper Françoise Grossen Chris Gustin Myra Mimlitsch-Gray Hank Murta Adams Edward S. Cooke Jr.
2018	Mark Burns Thomas Gentille Thomas Hucker Mary Jackson Beth Lipman Consuelo Jimenez Underwood Susan Cummins Yoshiko Iwamoto Wada
2020	Sonya Clark Lisa Gralnick Katherine Gray Annabeth Rosen Bob Trotman Patricia Malarcher
2022	Teri Greeves Karen Hampton Nancy Koenigsberg Keith Lewis Kristina Madsen Mark Pharis Preston Singletary Tip Toland Carolyn Mazloomi Howard Risatti Lowery Stokes Sims
2024	Syd Carpenter Michael A. Cummings Einar and Jamex de la Torre Yuri Kobayashi Mark Newport Michael Puryear Diego Romero Lynda Watson Diana Baird N'Diaye Cindi Strauss
Recipients of the Gold Medal for Consummate Craftsmanship Dorothy Liebes (1970) Anni Albers (1981) Harvey Littleton (1983) Lucy M. Lewis (1985) Margret Craver (1986) Peter Voulkos (1986) Gerry Williams (1986) Lenore Tawney (1987) Sam Maloof (1988) Ed Rossbach (1990) John Prip (1992) Beatrice Wood (1992) Alma Eikerman (1993) Douglass Morse Howell (1993) Marianne Strengell (1993) Robert C. Turner (1993) John Paul Miller (1994) Toshiko Takaezu (1994) Rudolf Staffel (1995) Bob Stocksdale (1995) Jack Lenor Larsen (1996) Ronald Hayes Pearson (1996) June Schwarcz (1996) Wendell Castle (1997) Ruth Duckworth (1997) Sheila Hicks (1997) Kenneth Ferguson (1998) Karen Karnes (1998) Warren MacKenzie (1998) Rudy Autio (1999) Dominic Di Mare (1999) L. Brent Kington (2000) Cynthia Schira (2000) Arline Fisch (2001) Gertrud Natzler (2001) Otto Natzler (2001) Don Reitz (2002) Kay Sekimachi (2002) William Daley (2003) Fred Fenster (2005) Dale Chihuly (2006) Paul Soldner (2008) Katherine Westphal (2009) Albert Paley (2010) Stephen De Staebler (2012) Betty Woodman (2014) Gerhardt Knodel (2016) Jun Kaneko (2018) Joyce J. Scott (2020) Jim Bassler (2022) Lia Cook (2022) Richard Marquis (2022) Judy Kensley McKie (2022) John McQueen (2022) Patti Warashina (2022) Nick Cave (2024) Wendy Maruyama (2024) Anne Wilson (2024)

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