Released on: 16, February 2007
, Author: Rosemary McKittrick
, Audience: Internet related
Feb. 16, 2007--- In the wood planks nearest the heart of a treeis its history, its legacy. Those were the planks 20th century furniture makerGeorge Nakashima chose to build his benches, desks, tables, and chairs.
Hundreds-and-hundreds of planks, some hundreds of years old waited patiently outsidehis studio for the furniture makerÂ's next project. Nakashima knew there was  one perfect use for each.
He would tell you his job was to discover that use and give the trees he loved somuch one more chance.
From 1940 to 1990 Nakashima sculpted his furniture from trees he was convinced had souls. For his vision and expertise, Nakashima has been called the elderstatesman of the American craft movement.
Like putting together an intricate puzzle, Nakashima searched for those interestingpatterns in the grains. His work was characterized by organic, one-of-a-kind piecesusing slabs of wood with their rough, free-edges left intact. Most furniture makerswould trim those jagged ends off.
"My kinship with the tree dates from the day I first stood among the great forestgiants in the rain forest of Washington's Ho River valley," Nakashima said in hisbook  The Soul of a Tree."
 It is an art- and soul-satisfying adventure to walk the forests of the world, tocommune with trees ... to bring this living material to the work bench, ultimatelyto give it a second life."
NakashimaÂ's commissions included furniture for the home of former New York GovernorNelson Rockefeller and the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
On Oct. 21 & 22, Dave Rago and John Sollo presented a 20th century modern auction inLambertville, N.J. Featured in the sale was a selection of Nakashima furniture.
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Source: Express-Press-Release.com
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