Richard Oedel - Fine Furniture Master


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Richard Oedel

Coming from an engineering and business background, the development and construction of form has always fascinated me.  And living in Salem Massachusetts for 22 years has instilled in me an appreciation and respect for the furnituremakers of the 17th and 18th centuries, who lived and worked only steps from my front door.  Now living in Boston, home in the 1700's to the Seymours and other master furnituremakers.  Some of the finest furniture in America was crafted here.  And still is...
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    Past Member and Chairman Salem MA Historic District Commission

    Graduated from The North Bennet Street School .   See them at
    www.nbss.org .

    Worked with Jere Osgood, one of the  founding members of the New Hampshire Furniture
    Masters www.furnituremasters.org  and John LaGattuta, master chairmaker   

    Member of the Society of American Period Furniture Makers
    SAPFM, and The Furniture
    Society 

    Chairman - 2010  Furniture Society Conference in Boston at MIT

    Member of the New Hampshire Furniture Masters

        Featured in "Furniture Studio - Furniture Makers Exploring Digital Technologies",
                    The Furniture Society      Sept 2005      ISBN 0-9671004-2-9


Exhibited at:
    Massachusetts Historical Society
    Providence Fine Furniture Show

    CraftBoston
    Boston Architectural Center/College
    Federal Reserve Bank of Boston
    Canterbury Shaker Village - Wood-days
    Furniture Society "Curv-iture" Exhibit
    Savannah College of Art and Design
    Denver Museum of Art - Airport
    Gallery of Art and Design - Raleigh/Durham
    Florida Craftsmen Gallery
    Hickory Museum of Art - NC
    Houston Centre for Contemporary Craft
Boston Athenaeum
St. Botolph Club, Boston
North Bennet Street School Gallery 
Trinity Church Boston
Currier Museum of Art
New Hampshire Artists Association
Messler Gallery - Center for Furniture Craftsmanship
New Hampshire Historical Society
Lamont Gallery - Phillips Exeter Academy


Workshops and demos

         CWB Custom Woodworking Conference March 2009
            Furniture Society Conferences - Victoria B.C. Canada, Purchase NY, Boone, NC
Also see our work at
www.custommade.com

Resources for Woodworkers and Furniture makers 


Fort Point Cabinetmakers - 23 Drydock Ave (in the Boston Design Center building) South Boston MA 02210  Tel: 617-763-1349  Fax: 617-236-6398  email:  roedel@finefurnituremaster.com