The Furniture of Sam Maloof by Smithsonian American Art Museum Renwick Gallery, 11 minute DVD

The Furniture of Sam Maloof by Smithsonian American Art Museum Renwick Gallery, 11 minute DVDA companion video to The Furniture of Sam Maloof, this was filmed shortly after the move to the current site. In it, Sam shares his woodworking techniques and his home with Jeremy Adamson. This DVD shows details of Sam working in his shop, his furniture, his new home and shots of the historic home at the new location awaiting reassembly. This is an excellent overview of Sam and his life. In a relatively short video, it brilliantly captures the love

rich with wood and light from clerestory windows in many rooms

Then reassembling the buildings several miles away

Sam shares his woodworking techniques and his home with Jeremy Adamson

no matter what the species and I enjoy making objects that are both functional and beautiful

State and private entities that were all a part of moving his world

together with insights from Sam and respected critics

Through intricate cabinets and smaller functional objects

This was no easy task after 50 years of Sam doing everything “his” way in his own environment

how he came to make the furniture he is so rightly admired for

She was personally selected by Sam after he’d rejected the first ten applicants sent to him for his approval

Jack Rogers Hopkins California Design Maverick:  Master mid-century designer craftsman is 40 page newspaper style catalog from the exhibition of the same name

I was thirty-two years of age