{"id":1087,"date":"2011-02-21T02:26:13","date_gmt":"2011-02-21T07:26:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.rpwoodwork.com\/blog\/?p=1087"},"modified":"2011-02-21T02:33:03","modified_gmt":"2011-02-21T07:33:03","slug":"wood-expo-at-the-new-england-home-show","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rpwoodwork.com\/blog\/2011\/02\/21\/wood-expo-at-the-new-england-home-show\/","title":{"rendered":"Wood Expo at the New England Home Show"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The <strong>Wood Expo 2011<\/strong> promises to be an exciting feature of the 61<sup>st<\/sup> annual <a href=\"http:\/\/newenglandhomeshows.com\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\">New England Home Show<\/a>, February 24-27 (Thursday through Sunday), at the Seaport World Trade Center, Boston. The theme of the Expo is &#8220;<strong>Reconnecting the Maker and the Buyer<\/strong>,&#8221; and features <strong>Tommy MacDonald<\/strong>, woodworker, North Bennet Street School graduate, and host of the WGBH TV series <em>Rough Cut Woodworking with Tommy Mac<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>The Wood Expo, originated by Tommy, features a <strong>juried exhibit of exquisite furniture<\/strong> by craftsmen who will also be engaging visitors with <strong>woodworking demonstrations and discussion<\/strong>. Renowned furniture makers and teachers Phil Lowe and Allan Breed are among the compelling list of <strong>guest speakers<\/strong>, while exhibitors include the North Bennet Street School.<\/p>\n<p>The NE Home Show is a <strong>huge<\/strong> offering for homeowners, designers, and contractors and has devoted considerable space and marketing to the woodworking section. Tommy has leveraged his star power to promote fine craftsman-made furniture and accessories to the buying public.<\/p>\n<p>Yours truly is one of the exhibiting craftsmen and demonstrators. My piece will be on display and I will be demonstrating and discussing mortise and tenon joinery. It would be fun to meet some Heartwood readers there &#8211; stop by and let\u2019s talk shop. I think the idea of the Wood Expo is <strong>just what high-end woodworking needs: <\/strong>connecting with, engaging, and educating potential buyers in the context of a major, highly publicized venue. Yea, I\u2019m stoked!<\/p>\n<p>Please see these links for <a href=\"http:\/\/newenglandhomeshows.com\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\">show<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/newenglandhomeshows.com\/exhibit_info.html\" target=\"_blank\">information and features<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Wood Expo 2011 promises to be an exciting feature of the 61st annual New England Home Show, February 24-27 (Thursday through Sunday), at the Seaport World Trade Center, Boston. The theme of the Expo is &#8220;Reconnecting the Maker and the Buyer,&#8221; and features Tommy MacDonald, woodworker, North Bennet Street School graduate, and host of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1087","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-resources"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rpwoodwork.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1087","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rpwoodwork.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rpwoodwork.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rpwoodwork.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rpwoodwork.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1087"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/www.rpwoodwork.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1087\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1095,"href":"https:\/\/www.rpwoodwork.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1087\/revisions\/1095"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rpwoodwork.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1087"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rpwoodwork.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1087"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rpwoodwork.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1087"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}