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Alf. 02:03.566 --> 02:05.066 align:start position:35% line:84.67% size:27.5% - Hi Chuck. 02:05.066 --> 02:06.533 align:start position:37.5% line:84.67% size:20% Welcome. 02:06.533 --> 02:08.100 align:start position:27.5% line:84.67% size:42.5% - Well thank you. 02:08.100 --> 02:13.066 align:start position:27.5% line:79.33% size:45% There's nothing so comforting as this porch 02:14.333 --> 02:17.433 align:start position:20% line:79.33% size:60% with all of the wildlife out here, the birds, 02:17.433 --> 02:21.500 align:start position:20% line:79.33% size:57.5% the chimes, which we'll probably hear soon. 02:21.500 --> 02:24.233 align:start position:27.5% line:79.33% size:47.5% This is the setting for the artist. 02:24.233 --> 02:26.166 align:start position:17.5% line:10% size:62.5% I think that's important. 02:26.166 --> 02:28.133 align:start position:15% line:10% size:67.5% - Well, I do too, I do too. 02:29.433 --> 02:31.400 align:start position:32.5% line:79.33% size:37.5% It was my dream from the very start 02:31.400 --> 02:33.600 align:start position:20% line:84.67% size:60% to have my shop at home, 02:33.600 --> 02:36.766 align:start position:22.5% line:79.33% size:50% and it took me about a decade to get that, 02:36.766 --> 02:38.633 align:start position:27.5% line:84.67% size:47.5% to accomplish that. 02:38.633 --> 02:42.300 align:start position:25% line:79.33% size:50% - Well, it certainly is a restful place, 02:42.300 --> 02:46.033 align:start position:15% line:79.33% size:70% a place to put together your thoughts and your visions 02:46.033 --> 02:49.466 align:start position:20% line:79.33% size:62.5% and then take 'em to that shop, which we'll see later. 02:50.666 --> 02:54.100 align:start position:22.5% line:79.33% size:55% Besides this inspiring setting here, 02:54.100 --> 02:58.800 align:start position:15% line:79.33% size:67.5% who were some of the people that inspired you early on? 02:58.800 --> 03:01.633 align:start position:20% line:79.33% size:57.5% What inspired you to be Alf Sharp, woodworker? 03:01.633 --> 03:04.533 align:start position:27.5% line:79.33% size:40% - Well, I didn't even really start 03:04.533 --> 03:07.533 align:start position:17.5% line:79.33% size:65% to think about woodworking until my early twenties. 03:07.533 --> 03:11.800 align:start position:27.5% line:79.33% size:47.5% I was in law school for a short time. 03:11.800 --> 03:14.433 align:start position:15% line:79.33% size:67.5% I quickly realized that was the last thing in the world 03:14.433 --> 03:15.366 align:start position:30% line:84.67% size:37.5% I wanted to do. 03:16.633 --> 03:18.066 align:start position:12.5% line:84.67% size:75% So I dropped out of law school 03:18.066 --> 03:21.500 align:start position:20% line:79.33% size:57.5% and just sort of bummed around for a couple of years, 03:22.533 --> 03:25.300 align:start position:10% line:84.67% size:77.5% picking up jobs here and there, 03:25.300 --> 03:27.866 align:start position:27.5% line:79.33% size:42.5% and I ended up on a carpentry crew 03:27.866 --> 03:30.633 align:start position:15% line:84.67% size:70% and everything just clicked. 03:30.633 --> 03:33.400 align:start position:20% line:79.33% size:55% I just understood what I was doing right away. 03:33.400 --> 03:35.133 align:start position:37.5% line:84.67% size:22.5% I got it. 03:35.133 --> 03:37.900 align:start position:25% line:79.33% size:45% Before long, I was doing the interior trim 03:37.900 --> 03:41.533 align:start position:12.5% line:84.67% size:75% and the built-in cabinet work. 03:41.533 --> 03:44.633 align:start position:27.5% line:84.67% size:45% And at that point, 03:44.633 --> 03:47.300 align:start position:25% line:79.33% size:50% I started looking at furniture differently. 03:47.300 --> 03:48.966 align:start position:27.5% line:79.33% size:42.5% Well, that's made out of wood too. 03:51.066 --> 03:52.600 align:start position:27.5% line:84.67% size:47.5% How'd they do that? 03:52.600 --> 03:53.400 align:start position:42.5% line:84.67% size:15% - Yes. 03:55.166 --> 03:58.500 align:start position:20% line:84.67% size:57.5% - And so I do remember, 03:58.500 --> 04:03.366 align:start position:15% line:79.33% size:67.5% I do remember one book that was in my parents' library 04:04.533 --> 04:07.700 align:start position:27.5% line:79.33% size:45% that fascinated me from an early age. 04:07.700 --> 04:09.833 align:start position:15% line:79.33% size:67.5% I don't know when I started looking at this book, 04:09.833 --> 04:12.866 align:start position:27.5% line:79.33% size:42.5% but it was a book about English furniture 04:12.866 --> 04:17.833 align:start position:15% line:79.33% size:70% and in it, it had a two page spread of this secretary, 04:19.300 --> 04:23.300 align:start position:17.5% line:79.33% size:62.5% this desk and bookcase as they were called back then, 04:24.200 --> 04:25.533 align:start position:15% line:84.67% size:70% we call 'em secretaries now, 04:26.800 --> 04:31.333 align:start position:10% line:84.67% size:80% this unbelievable tour de force. 04:31.333 --> 04:34.133 align:start position:25% line:79.33% size:52.5% I don't even know why it fascinated me so much 04:34.133 --> 04:35.900 align:start position:20% line:79.33% size:57.5% before I got interested in furniture, 04:35.900 --> 04:38.400 align:start position:27.5% line:79.33% size:45% but it did, it was just so beautiful, 04:38.400 --> 04:40.266 align:start position:20% line:84.67% size:57.5% such a beautiful thing. 04:40.266 --> 04:43.266 align:start position:20% line:79.33% size:55% And there was this two page spread in the book 04:43.266 --> 04:47.566 align:start position:30% line:79.33% size:37.5% of the interior of this secretary 04:47.566 --> 04:50.800 align:start position:20% line:79.33% size:60% done in an architectural 18th century style. 04:52.500 --> 04:56.933 align:start position:25% line:79.33% size:50% And I looked at that time and time again. 04:56.933 --> 04:59.466 align:start position:20% line:79.33% size:62.5% And then of course when I got interested in furniture, 04:59.466 --> 05:03.000 align:start position:17.5% line:79.33% size:62.5% I looked back at it again and said, oh my goodness, 05:03.000 --> 05:04.833 align:start position:27.5% line:79.33% size:40% how in the world did they do that? 05:06.033 --> 05:08.233 align:start position:10% line:84.67% size:77.5% So those were early influences. 05:08.233 --> 05:13.200 align:start position:12.5% line:79.33% size:70% I remember going to a crafts fair here in Nashville early on 05:14.466 --> 05:17.133 align:start position:10% line:84.67% size:77.5% and seeing a contemporary piece 05:17.133 --> 05:18.766 align:start position:12.5% line:84.67% size:72.5% by a woodworker from Memphis, 05:18.766 --> 05:20.566 align:start position:12.5% line:84.67% size:72.5% I forget his name, I'm sorry, 05:20.566 --> 05:25.533 align:start position:27.5% line:79.33% size:45% but it was a great piece of furniture, 05:26.333 --> 05:27.300 align:start position:22.5% line:84.67% size:55% it was a coffee table. 05:28.666 --> 05:32.933 align:start position:30% line:79.33% size:42.5% The top would had a long spear shape 05:32.933 --> 05:35.133 align:start position:27.5% line:84.67% size:47.5% or leaf shape to it 05:35.133 --> 05:37.866 align:start position:17.5% line:79.33% size:65% and then the pedestal came out of one end of the leaf 05:37.866 --> 05:41.766 align:start position:15% line:79.33% size:70% and went down and terminated underneath the table 05:41.766 --> 05:44.333 align:start position:25% line:79.33% size:47.5% in such a way as to balance the whole table 05:44.333 --> 05:46.800 align:start position:22.5% line:84.67% size:52.5% in a big frog's foot. 05:46.800 --> 05:48.400 align:start position:42.5% line:84.67% size:15% - Wow. 05:48.400 --> 05:51.633 align:start position:17.5% line:79.33% size:62.5% - And the whole table was made out of zebra wood. 05:51.633 --> 05:55.233 align:start position:22.5% line:79.33% size:57.5% It was a beautiful wood that I'd never seen before 05:55.233 --> 05:56.833 align:start position:17.5% line:84.67% size:62.5% and I was struck by that. 05:56.833 --> 06:00.700 align:start position:17.5% line:79.33% size:60% And so here I was, I was interested in both contemporary 06:00.700 --> 06:02.233 align:start position:17.5% line:84.67% size:62.5% and traditional furniture 06:04.400 --> 06:06.033 align:start position:20% line:84.67% size:57.5% and remained interested 06:06.033 --> 06:09.100 align:start position:20% line:79.33% size:60% in both contemporary and traditional furniture 06:11.000 --> 06:13.166 align:start position:22.5% line:84.67% size:55% all these years later. 06:13.166 --> 06:16.100 align:start position:20% line:79.33% size:57.5% - Alf, your involvement in period furniture 06:16.100 --> 06:19.266 align:start position:12.5% line:84.67% size:72.5% has been huge over the years. 06:19.266 --> 06:23.366 align:start position:22.5% line:79.33% size:57.5% The American Society of Period Furniture Makers, 06:24.800 --> 06:28.466 align:start position:20% line:79.33% size:62.5% you're one of the winners of their Cartouche Awards. 06:28.466 --> 06:29.733 align:start position:30% line:84.67% size:37.5% - That's right. 06:29.733 --> 06:30.633 align:start position:20% line:84.67% size:57.5% That was a great honor. 06:30.633 --> 06:32.133 align:start position:20% line:84.67% size:57.5% That was a great honor. 06:32.133 --> 06:34.766 align:start position:17.5% line:84.67% size:65% Well, it involves teaching 06:34.766 --> 06:39.733 align:start position:17.5% line:79.33% size:62.5% and being able to advance period furniture making. 06:40.233 --> 06:41.366 align:start position:40% line:84.67% size:17.5% - Yeah. 06:41.366 --> 06:43.800 align:start position:30% line:79.33% size:37.5% - And yes, that is a great honor. 06:45.200 --> 06:47.733 align:start position:15% line:79.33% size:67.5% - You've also been involved with period furniture 06:47.733 --> 06:50.966 align:start position:27.5% line:79.33% size:47.5% at Andrew Jackson's home, the Hermitage. 06:50.966 --> 06:52.333 align:start position:27.5% line:84.67% size:47.5% Tell us about that. 06:52.333 --> 06:55.000 align:start position:22.5% line:79.33% size:50% - I've done a lot of things for the Hermitage. 06:55.000 --> 06:58.266 align:start position:10% line:84.67% size:77.5% Over the past 30 or more years, 06:58.266 --> 07:01.466 align:start position:20% line:79.33% size:60% I've done quite a bit of work for the Hermitage. 07:01.466 --> 07:04.833 align:start position:20% line:79.33% size:60% I've done both furniture inside the house 07:04.833 --> 07:09.800 align:start position:15% line:79.33% size:67.5% and architectural work such as all the exterior doors, 07:14.600 --> 07:18.433 align:start position:15% line:79.33% size:67.5% the capitals on the columns on the front of the house. 07:18.433 --> 07:23.400 align:start position:17.5% line:79.33% size:62.5% I did the Venetian blinds that are in the house. 07:24.733 --> 07:27.166 align:start position:25% line:79.33% size:47.5% This was one of the first houses in the south 07:27.166 --> 07:29.433 align:start position:30% line:79.33% size:40% to have original Venetian blinds. 07:29.433 --> 07:31.600 align:start position:32.5% line:79.33% size:35% Of course, the originals were gone, 07:31.600 --> 07:34.100 align:start position:22.5% line:79.33% size:55% but they knew that the house had Venetian blinds. 07:34.100 --> 07:37.933 align:start position:17.5% line:79.33% size:60% So I made a bunch of old fashioned Venetian blinds 07:37.933 --> 07:41.833 align:start position:20% line:79.33% size:57.5% with the little pulleys made out of bone. 07:41.833 --> 07:43.000 align:start position:32.5% line:84.67% size:35% - [Chuck] Wow. 07:43.000 --> 07:44.633 align:start position:27.5% line:84.67% size:45% - To be authentic. 07:46.033 --> 07:48.300 align:start position:15% line:84.67% size:70% - George Washington's chair. 07:48.300 --> 07:49.766 align:start position:42.5% line:84.67% size:15% - Yes. 07:49.766 --> 07:54.333 align:start position:20% line:79.33% size:55% There was a chair that George Washington owned first 07:54.333 --> 07:58.933 align:start position:27.5% line:79.33% size:47.5% that Jackson bought from Washington's estate 07:58.933 --> 08:02.000 align:start position:27.5% line:79.33% size:45% and brought to the Hermitage with him. 08:02.000 --> 08:06.000 align:start position:25% line:79.33% size:52.5% So the same chair had been both in Mount Vernon, 08:06.000 --> 08:09.033 align:start position:25% line:79.33% size:47.5% Washington's place, and in the Hermitage. 08:10.400 --> 08:13.933 align:start position:22.5% line:79.33% size:52.5% Early on, the Jackson family sold the chair 08:13.933 --> 08:18.600 align:start position:25% line:79.33% size:50% back to Mount Vernon where it exists now, 08:18.600 --> 08:22.400 align:start position:22.5% line:79.33% size:55% but there needed to be one in the Hermitage 08:22.400 --> 08:26.766 align:start position:12.5% line:84.67% size:75% to replicate the circumstances 08:26.766 --> 08:30.000 align:start position:22.5% line:79.33% size:52.5% of when Jackson lived there after the presidency. 08:30.000 --> 08:31.833 align:start position:30% line:79.33% size:40% And so I went up to Mount Vernon, 08:31.833 --> 08:35.200 align:start position:12.5% line:84.67% size:72.5% measured, took a survey of a, 08:35.200 --> 08:36.533 align:start position:12.5% line:84.67% size:75% a complete survey of the chair 08:36.533 --> 08:41.033 align:start position:22.5% line:79.33% size:55% and reproduced one for the Hermitage as well. 08:41.966 --> 08:43.300 align:start position:12.5% line:84.67% size:72.5% - That is an awesome project, 08:43.300 --> 08:47.833 align:start position:30% line:79.33% size:42.5% and one that I've just enjoyed seeing 08:47.833 --> 08:51.000 align:start position:17.5% line:84.67% size:65% and enjoyed hearing about. 08:51.000 --> 08:52.833 align:start position:10% line:84.67% size:80% - It's an early swiveling chair. 08:52.833 --> 08:54.000 align:start position:42.5% line:84.67% size:15% - Yes. 08:54.000 --> 08:55.366 align:start position:30% line:79.33% size:40% - It's an office chair that swivels. 08:55.366 --> 08:57.000 align:start position:32.5% line:84.67% size:32.5% - Yeah, yeah. 08:57.000 --> 08:59.366 align:start position:17.5% line:84.67% size:65% Well what a great project. 08:59.366 --> 09:01.466 align:start position:10% line:84.67% size:80% You've been involved in so many. 09:01.466 --> 09:06.366 align:start position:27.5% line:79.33% size:45% You're both a wood carver, sculptor, 09:06.366 --> 09:09.966 align:start position:32.5% line:79.33% size:37.5% and you do some contemporary work too. 09:09.966 --> 09:10.800 align:start position:40% line:84.67% size:17.5% - I do. 09:10.800 --> 09:11.700 align:start position:42.5% line:84.67% size:12.5% I do. 09:11.700 --> 09:12.666 align:start position:17.5% line:84.67% size:65% I enjoy contemporary work. 09:12.666 --> 09:15.500 align:start position:12.5% line:84.67% size:75% In fact, when I first started, 09:15.500 --> 09:19.033 align:start position:12.5% line:79.33% size:70% I imagined that I would be a contemporary furniture maker. 09:21.666 --> 09:24.633 align:start position:17.5% line:79.33% size:62.5% I thought I would do that first but it became apparent, 09:24.633 --> 09:27.633 align:start position:12.5% line:79.33% size:75% I had a family and so I had to actually make a living at it. 09:28.533 --> 09:30.033 align:start position:17.5% line:84.67% size:65% It became quickly apparent 09:30.033 --> 09:33.166 align:start position:30% line:79.33% size:40% to me in the mid south in the '70's, 09:33.166 --> 09:35.933 align:start position:17.5% line:79.33% size:65% that if you wanted to make a living at woodworking, 09:35.933 --> 09:37.766 align:start position:17.5% line:84.67% size:65% you made period furniture. 09:39.133 --> 09:43.966 align:start position:15% line:79.33% size:70% And so I learned all I could about period furniture. 09:45.200 --> 09:48.633 align:start position:27.5% line:79.33% size:47.5% I had three or four really good mentors 09:48.633 --> 09:51.666 align:start position:27.5% line:79.33% size:47.5% who were not really cabinet makers, 09:51.666 --> 09:56.633 align:start position:27.5% line:79.33% size:45% they were antiques dealers and collectors 09:58.766 --> 10:00.000 align:start position:25% line:84.67% size:50% who knew the styles, 10:00.000 --> 10:03.366 align:start position:30% line:79.33% size:42.5% who knew what was good in the period 10:03.366 --> 10:05.333 align:start position:17.5% line:84.67% size:62.5% and what was not so good, 10:05.333 --> 10:10.300 align:start position:27.5% line:79.33% size:45% and they showed me what to strive for 10:11.833 --> 10:16.400 align:start position:12.5% line:79.33% size:72.5% as far as proportion and line and quality of workmanship. 10:16.400 --> 10:18.900 align:start position:30% line:79.33% size:40% And then I just, by trial and error, 10:18.900 --> 10:22.133 align:start position:20% line:79.33% size:60% I learned the techniques necessary to make the furniture. 10:22.133 --> 10:23.933 align:start position:15% line:84.67% size:67.5% - It's just doing the work. 10:23.933 --> 10:24.766 align:start position:40% line:84.67% size:17.5% - Yeah. 10:24.766 --> 10:26.000 align:start position:27.5% line:84.67% size:42.5% - You do the work 10:26.000 --> 10:30.566 align:start position:27.5% line:79.33% size:45% and then have some benchmark to strive for. 10:31.833 --> 10:34.600 align:start position:22.5% line:79.33% size:52.5% And if you stay after it, if you're diligent- 10:34.600 --> 10:35.966 align:start position:40% line:84.67% size:17.5% - Yeah. 10:35.966 --> 10:37.700 align:start position:22.5% line:79.33% size:55% - You have a chance to be maybe an Alf Sharp. 10:37.700 --> 10:41.566 align:start position:10% line:84.67% size:80% - Well it did, I'm very blessed, 10:41.566 --> 10:44.133 align:start position:10% line:84.67% size:77.5% it came pretty naturally to me. 10:46.266 --> 10:47.966 align:start position:17.5% line:84.67% size:65% I didn't have to struggle. 10:47.966 --> 10:52.033 align:start position:17.5% line:79.33% size:65% I mean I made mistakes and mistakes are very instructional, 10:52.033 --> 10:56.966 align:start position:30% line:79.33% size:42.5% but I was able to pick up the techniques 10:58.733 --> 11:03.600 align:start position:17.5% line:79.33% size:65% and the sense of style and proportion pretty quickly. 11:04.900 --> 11:07.666 align:start position:22.5% line:79.33% size:55% - You know, I see that as being in alignment 11:07.666 --> 11:09.033 align:start position:10% line:84.67% size:77.5% with who you're supposed to be. 11:09.033 --> 11:10.333 align:start position:27.5% line:84.67% size:42.5% - Yeah, I do too. 11:10.333 --> 11:13.400 align:start position:20% line:79.33% size:60% I'm very blessed to have been able to do that. 11:14.566 --> 11:16.766 align:start position:20% line:84.67% size:60% I can't bear the thought 11:16.766 --> 11:18.866 align:start position:32.5% line:79.33% size:37.5% of what my life would've been like 11:18.866 --> 11:22.166 align:start position:12.5% line:79.33% size:75% had I gone on and finished law school and become a lawyer. 11:22.166 --> 11:24.833 align:start position:12.5% line:84.67% size:75% It shudders, makes me shudder. 11:24.833 --> 11:29.000 align:start position:17.5% line:79.33% size:62.5% - Alf, is there something about your career that was, 11:29.000 --> 11:30.366 align:start position:17.5% line:84.67% size:62.5% you felt was the hardest? 11:30.366 --> 11:32.766 align:start position:12.5% line:84.67% size:72.5% What was the biggest problem? 11:32.766 --> 11:35.866 align:start position:25% line:79.33% size:45% - You know, Chuck, there were techniques 11:37.400 --> 11:38.800 align:start position:20% line:84.67% size:60% that were hard to learn, 11:39.866 --> 11:42.200 align:start position:27.5% line:79.33% size:45% that took a lot of trial and error, 11:42.200 --> 11:45.066 align:start position:22.5% line:79.33% size:52.5% but the hardest thing that I had to learn 11:45.066 --> 11:48.200 align:start position:22.5% line:79.33% size:52.5% and that I don't feel like I ever mastered 11:48.200 --> 11:49.900 align:start position:20% line:84.67% size:57.5% was the marketing part. 11:52.133 --> 11:54.966 align:start position:10% line:84.67% size:77.5% It didn't come naturally to me. 11:56.233 --> 11:59.166 align:start position:25% line:79.33% size:45% Whenever I was not working at the bench, 11:59.166 --> 12:01.200 align:start position:27.5% line:79.33% size:42.5% I felt like I was not productive. 12:02.100 --> 12:04.066 align:start position:17.5% line:84.67% size:62.5% And so all the time spent 12:04.066 --> 12:08.300 align:start position:15% line:79.33% size:70% trying to generate customers and generate business 12:08.300 --> 12:12.566 align:start position:22.5% line:79.33% size:52.5% and generate interest in my business was, 12:12.566 --> 12:16.266 align:start position:12.5% line:79.33% size:70% it was not natural to me and it was not comfortable for me 12:16.266 --> 12:19.866 align:start position:22.5% line:79.33% size:50% and I struggled with that my whole career. 12:19.866 --> 12:21.133 align:start position:40% line:84.67% size:17.5% - Yeah. 12:21.133 --> 12:23.133 align:start position:27.5% line:79.33% size:42.5% Was it easier for people to come to you 12:23.133 --> 12:24.766 align:start position:15% line:84.67% size:67.5% than for you to go to them? 12:24.766 --> 12:25.966 align:start position:40% line:84.67% size:17.5% - Yeah. 12:25.966 --> 12:27.700 align:start position:30% line:79.33% size:42.5% Well, fortunately after a few years, 12:27.700 --> 12:30.433 align:start position:25% line:79.33% size:50% I started to develop enough word of mouth 12:31.633 --> 12:33.633 align:start position:27.5% line:79.33% size:45% that I was able to keep a waiting list 12:33.633 --> 12:37.100 align:start position:15% line:84.67% size:70% of a year or two of projects 12:37.100 --> 12:40.366 align:start position:20% line:79.33% size:55% without having to do a whole lot of marketing. 12:40.366 --> 12:43.366 align:start position:15% line:79.33% size:67.5% I still had to periodically visit designers 12:43.366 --> 12:48.366 align:start position:27.5% line:79.33% size:45% and collectors and dealers and museums 12:48.366 --> 12:51.900 align:start position:25% line:79.33% size:50% and just remind them that I was theirs, 12:51.900 --> 12:53.833 align:start position:17.5% line:84.67% size:65% that I was doing the work. 12:53.833 --> 12:56.700 align:start position:25% line:84.67% size:50% But no, fortunately, 12:56.700 --> 13:01.566 align:start position:20% line:79.33% size:57.5% I didn't have to pursue marketing on a daily basis. 13:04.000 --> 13:08.966 align:start position:20% line:79.33% size:57.5% - Now you're working on a really great project 13:10.133 --> 13:11.200 align:start position:27.5% line:79.33% size:42.5% and you've got it out in your shop. 13:11.200 --> 13:12.300 align:start position:22.5% line:84.67% size:55% Are you gonna show us? 13:12.300 --> 13:13.566 align:start position:37.5% line:84.67% size:20% - It is. 13:13.566 --> 13:17.266 align:start position:27.5% line:79.33% size:45% It's a fascinating end of career project. 13:18.500 --> 13:22.566 align:start position:25% line:79.33% size:50% It's one of the most involved I've ever done, 13:22.566 --> 13:25.833 align:start position:22.5% line:79.33% size:50% especially as far as carving is concerned. 13:27.433 --> 13:31.766 align:start position:12.5% line:84.67% size:72.5% It's a massive billiard table 13:31.766 --> 13:33.600 align:start position:30% line:79.33% size:37.5% for the Belmont Mansion in Nashville. 13:33.600 --> 13:34.900 align:start position:17.5% line:84.67% size:62.5% - I can't wait to see it. 13:34.900 --> 13:35.766 align:start position:37.5% line:84.67% size:22.5% Let's go. 13:35.766 --> 13:37.000 align:start position:35% line:84.67% size:30% - All right. 13:37.000 --> 13:39.566 align:start position:32.5% line:84.67% size:35% (cheery music) 13:51.300 --> 13:56.200 align:start position:10% line:10% size:80% - Well Alf, these gigantic legs, 13:56.200 --> 13:59.133 align:start position:10% line:10% size:80% I guess are part of the billiard 13:59.133 --> 14:02.000 align:start position:27.5% line:79.33% size:45% or pool table from the Belmont Mansion. 14:02.000 --> 14:04.200 align:start position:12.5% line:84.67% size:72.5% - That's right, that's right. 14:04.200 --> 14:07.933 align:start position:22.5% line:79.33% size:52.5% The original billiard table had eight legs. 14:07.933 --> 14:10.400 align:start position:15% line:79.33% size:67.5% And when they broke it down and made a desk out of it, 14:10.400 --> 14:14.700 align:start position:17.5% line:79.33% size:60% they just discarded four of the original eight legs. 14:14.700 --> 14:18.900 align:start position:20% line:79.33% size:57.5% So I have four original legs to use as examples 14:20.500 --> 14:22.466 align:start position:12.5% line:84.67% size:75% and I'm carving four more legs 14:22.466 --> 14:25.566 align:start position:22.5% line:79.33% size:50% to look as much like the originals as I can. 14:26.866 --> 14:28.900 align:start position:10% line:84.67% size:77.5% - And this is an original here? 14:28.900 --> 14:30.433 align:start position:17.5% line:84.67% size:65% - This is an original here 14:30.433 --> 14:33.433 align:start position:17.5% line:79.33% size:65% and these are three of the ones that I've already carved. 14:34.966 --> 14:36.966 align:start position:27.5% line:79.33% size:47.5% - So you're working on a fourth one, 14:36.966 --> 14:40.600 align:start position:17.5% line:79.33% size:67.5% which is over on your bench and this we'll get to later. 14:40.600 --> 14:42.033 align:start position:27.5% line:79.33% size:47.5% - We'll do a little work on it, yeah. 14:42.033 --> 14:43.033 align:start position:40% line:84.67% size:17.5% - Yeah. 14:43.033 --> 14:47.166 align:start position:15% line:84.67% size:67.5% But so there are eight legs 14:47.166 --> 14:49.600 align:start position:15% line:84.67% size:70% and what tied them together? 14:49.600 --> 14:54.400 align:start position:20% line:79.33% size:57.5% - Well, there were very fancy skirts or aprons 14:55.700 --> 14:58.133 align:start position:27.5% line:79.33% size:47.5% that linked all the eight legs together. 14:59.333 --> 15:02.633 align:start position:30% line:79.33% size:37.5% They had crotch cherry veneer on them 15:02.633 --> 15:04.533 align:start position:10% line:84.67% size:77.5% and then carving on top of that 15:05.900 --> 15:09.500 align:start position:15% line:79.33% size:70% and they all linked together with knockdown hardware 15:11.000 --> 15:15.300 align:start position:17.5% line:79.33% size:67.5% because this table would've been impossible to transport 15:15.300 --> 15:19.833 align:start position:27.5% line:79.33% size:47.5% or to move into any building assembled. 15:19.833 --> 15:21.633 align:start position:32.5% line:84.67% size:32.5% - Sure, yeah. 15:21.633 --> 15:23.200 align:start position:22.5% line:84.67% size:55% - So it all mocks down 15:24.400 --> 15:28.500 align:start position:27.5% line:79.33% size:47.5% and the aprons link the legs together 15:28.500 --> 15:30.466 align:start position:27.5% line:79.33% size:47.5% and then there's an internal structure 15:30.466 --> 15:31.900 align:start position:20% line:84.67% size:60% that holds up the slate. 15:32.966 --> 15:35.600 align:start position:32.5% line:79.33% size:37.5% I'll not do the slate or the felt. 15:35.600 --> 15:37.800 align:start position:17.5% line:84.67% size:65% We'll have a pool company, 15:37.800 --> 15:42.633 align:start position:17.5% line:79.33% size:65% a company that specializes in making pool tables 15:42.633 --> 15:44.166 align:start position:17.5% line:84.67% size:62.5% do that part of the work. 15:45.366 --> 15:49.566 align:start position:25% line:79.33% size:50% - Well, this is just an awesome project 15:49.566 --> 15:53.600 align:start position:20% line:79.33% size:57.5% and the Belmont Mansion that it came out of, 15:53.600 --> 15:55.866 align:start position:32.5% line:79.33% size:37.5% a little bit of the history there? 15:55.866 --> 16:00.200 align:start position:27.5% line:79.33% size:47.5% - This table was in the mansion in 1850. 16:00.200 --> 16:01.566 align:start position:30% line:84.67% size:40% And at the time, 16:01.566 --> 16:03.500 align:start position:25% line:79.33% size:47.5% this was one of the finest houses in America. 16:03.500 --> 16:04.600 align:start position:17.5% line:84.67% size:65% - In Nashville, Tennessee? 16:04.600 --> 16:06.700 align:start position:17.5% line:84.67% size:65% - In Nashville, Tennessee, 16:06.700 --> 16:10.366 align:start position:25% line:79.33% size:45% by far, one of the finest houses in America. 16:10.366 --> 16:13.400 align:start position:12.5% line:84.67% size:72.5% And this table was an example 16:13.400 --> 16:17.300 align:start position:10% line:84.67% size:80% of the extent to which they went 16:17.300 --> 16:19.333 align:start position:15% line:84.67% size:70% to build it and decorate it. 16:20.766 --> 16:24.166 align:start position:27.5% line:79.33% size:45% It's in the Rococo revival style, 16:24.166 --> 16:25.866 align:start position:22.5% line:84.67% size:55% which means that it's, 16:27.133 --> 16:29.600 align:start position:15% line:84.67% size:67.5% the Rococo style took place 16:29.600 --> 16:32.333 align:start position:27.5% line:79.33% size:40% in the middle of the 18th century. 16:33.233 --> 16:35.766 align:start position:15% line:84.67% size:67.5% This house and these pieces 16:35.766 --> 16:39.400 align:start position:20% line:79.33% size:60% were built in the middle of the 19th century. 16:39.400 --> 16:42.000 align:start position:27.5% line:79.33% size:40% So they took the original Rococo style 16:42.000 --> 16:44.466 align:start position:17.5% line:79.33% size:62.5% in the middle of the 18th century and blew it up 16:46.400 --> 16:48.066 align:start position:10% line:84.67% size:77.5% so that you've got all of this, 16:48.066 --> 16:50.700 align:start position:27.5% line:79.33% size:47.5% all of this carving is very high relief. 16:52.233 --> 16:55.366 align:start position:12.5% line:79.33% size:75% The original Rococo style, the carving was very low relief, 16:55.366 --> 16:58.300 align:start position:27.5% line:79.33% size:42.5% very close to the surface, highly detailed, 16:58.300 --> 17:01.200 align:start position:22.5% line:79.33% size:52.5% but very tight to the surface of the furniture. 17:01.200 --> 17:02.666 align:start position:30% line:84.67% size:37.5% - This is deep. 17:02.666 --> 17:05.766 align:start position:17.5% line:79.33% size:65% - This is just all off the surface of the furniture. 17:05.766 --> 17:07.600 align:start position:30% line:79.33% size:42.5% It's a completely different kind of carving. 17:07.600 --> 17:10.266 align:start position:32.5% line:79.33% size:35% It's been very challenging for me 17:10.266 --> 17:15.266 align:start position:17.5% line:79.33% size:62.5% to make the shift to this Rococo revival style. 17:17.133 --> 17:18.633 align:start position:27.5% line:79.33% size:47.5% - And what are some of the elements 17:18.633 --> 17:20.666 align:start position:10% line:84.67% size:80% that are carved into these legs? 17:20.666 --> 17:25.100 align:start position:15% line:79.33% size:70% - Well, this is a cartouche, that's an 18th century, 17:25.100 --> 17:27.666 align:start position:17.5% line:79.33% size:65% I mean, that's a throwback to the 18th century. 17:28.533 --> 17:30.733 align:start position:17.5% line:84.67% size:62.5% These are canthus leaves, 17:30.733 --> 17:34.200 align:start position:27.5% line:79.33% size:45% that's a throwback to the 18th century. 17:34.200 --> 17:37.033 align:start position:25% line:79.33% size:50% These rose petals, I guess they're roses, 17:37.033 --> 17:39.633 align:start position:27.5% line:79.33% size:40% that's more of a 19th century element. 17:39.633 --> 17:41.966 align:start position:10% line:84.67% size:77.5% You didn't see too many flowers 17:41.966 --> 17:45.033 align:start position:10% line:84.67% size:77.5% in 18th century Rococo carving. 17:45.033 --> 17:48.633 align:start position:30% line:79.33% size:40% The sea scrolls, the foot scrolls 17:48.633 --> 17:53.600 align:start position:20% line:79.33% size:60% and the sea scrolls here on the edges of the piece, 17:55.200 --> 17:58.800 align:start position:22.5% line:79.33% size:55% those are all original Rococo elements 17:58.800 --> 18:00.600 align:start position:22.5% line:84.67% size:55% blown up, like I said. 18:00.600 --> 18:04.633 align:start position:20% line:79.33% size:57.5% - So is there a picture of the billiard table 18:04.633 --> 18:05.833 align:start position:17.5% line:84.67% size:62.5% that you're working from? 18:05.833 --> 18:07.600 align:start position:27.5% line:79.33% size:42.5% - No, there's not that I know of. 18:07.600 --> 18:10.200 align:start position:22.5% line:79.33% size:52.5% I think they would've shown me if they had one. 18:11.400 --> 18:14.433 align:start position:12.5% line:84.67% size:72.5% I have a picture of the desk, 18:14.433 --> 18:17.433 align:start position:27.5% line:79.33% size:47.5% the end of the desk before I disassembled it 18:17.433 --> 18:19.700 align:start position:27.5% line:79.33% size:47.5% to bring it here to start working on it 18:21.266 --> 18:24.600 align:start position:17.5% line:79.33% size:67.5% but I've seen no picture of the original billiard table. 18:24.600 --> 18:29.566 align:start position:12.5% line:79.33% size:75% I think they have a drawing of a generic sort of an example 18:31.533 --> 18:34.200 align:start position:20% line:84.67% size:60% that they showed me once 18:34.200 --> 18:37.833 align:start position:25% line:79.33% size:50% but nothing specific to this table. 18:37.833 --> 18:41.600 align:start position:15% line:79.33% size:67.5% - So the Belmont Mansion is now part of Belmont University? 18:41.600 --> 18:42.566 align:start position:30% line:84.67% size:37.5% - That's right. 18:42.566 --> 18:43.700 align:start position:42.5% line:84.67% size:15% - Yes. 18:43.700 --> 18:47.900 align:start position:27.5% line:79.33% size:45% And so they wanted to reconstruct 18:49.100 --> 18:51.933 align:start position:12.5% line:84.67% size:72.5% the interiors of the mansion. 18:51.933 --> 18:53.900 align:start position:15% line:84.67% size:70% - Exterior and the interior. 18:53.900 --> 18:58.900 align:start position:25% line:79.33% size:52.5% Yeah, they're doing a really top notch restoration 19:00.166 --> 19:02.333 align:start position:20% line:79.33% size:60% of the entire house, all the original surfaces. 19:02.333 --> 19:04.933 align:start position:20% line:79.33% size:57.5% There are lots of grain painting in the house, 19:04.933 --> 19:09.900 align:start position:15% line:79.33% size:70% lots of faux marbling on the baseboards and the floors. 19:11.300 --> 19:13.333 align:start position:12.5% line:79.33% size:75% Some of the floors are painted in checkerboard patterns 19:13.333 --> 19:18.300 align:start position:15% line:79.33% size:72.5% and other parts of the floors are covered in painted canvas, 19:19.533 --> 19:22.333 align:start position:27.5% line:79.33% size:47.5% which was a popular kind of a rug back then. 19:25.033 --> 19:28.233 align:start position:27.5% line:79.33% size:45% They've filled the house with a lot of the, 19:28.233 --> 19:33.200 align:start position:30% line:79.33% size:42.5% if not the actual original Belter furniture, 19:34.400 --> 19:36.033 align:start position:30% line:79.33% size:42.5% they've got a lot of Belter furniture. 19:36.033 --> 19:40.833 align:start position:25% line:79.33% size:50% Henry Belter was the foremost furniture maker 19:40.833 --> 19:44.200 align:start position:32.5% line:79.33% size:37.5% of the mid 19th century in New York. 19:45.433 --> 19:48.000 align:start position:27.5% line:79.33% size:45% The original house had hundreds of pieces 19:48.000 --> 19:51.033 align:start position:10% line:84.67% size:80% of Henry Belter furniture in it. 19:51.033 --> 19:56.000 align:start position:17.5% line:79.33% size:60% - So this is quite a big part of that restoration, 19:56.900 --> 19:59.833 align:start position:15% line:84.67% size:70% especially a billiard table. 19:59.833 --> 20:02.433 align:start position:27.5% line:79.33% size:47.5% Alf, you're working on the fourth leg, 20:02.433 --> 20:04.000 align:start position:27.5% line:84.67% size:45% it's on your bench 20:04.000 --> 20:07.633 align:start position:15% line:79.33% size:65% and you're gonna show us a little bit about how you do it. 20:07.633 --> 20:08.800 align:start position:30% line:84.67% size:40% - I'm gonna try. 20:08.800 --> 20:10.233 align:start position:17.5% line:84.67% size:65% - All right, let's go see. 20:11.366 --> 20:14.800 align:start position:22.5% line:79.33% size:55% Alf, this is a massive piece of cherry. 20:14.800 --> 20:16.266 align:start position:20% line:84.67% size:57.5% It's not easy to carve. 20:16.266 --> 20:18.266 align:start position:32.5% line:79.33% size:37.5% - No, cherry is not easy to carve. 20:18.266 --> 20:20.833 align:start position:25% line:79.33% size:50% I wish they had used mahogany instead. 20:20.833 --> 20:25.133 align:start position:15% line:79.33% size:70% They could have achieved the same color with mahogany, 20:25.133 --> 20:28.566 align:start position:20% line:79.33% size:62.5% but they chose cherry and so this has got to be cherry 20:28.566 --> 20:30.866 align:start position:32.5% line:79.33% size:37.5% and cherry is a difficult wood to carve. 20:30.866 --> 20:32.466 align:start position:32.5% line:79.33% size:37.5% - And these are deep, deep carvings. 20:32.466 --> 20:35.000 align:start position:27.5% line:79.33% size:47.5% - Yeah, big, heavy, deep carvings. 20:35.000 --> 20:36.766 align:start position:17.5% line:84.67% size:62.5% - Let's see how it works. 20:36.766 --> 20:38.033 align:start position:40% line:84.67% size:17.5% - Okay. 20:38.033 --> 20:41.133 align:start position:25% line:79.33% size:50% So we're gonna carve this element here, 20:41.133 --> 20:43.366 align:start position:12.5% line:84.67% size:75% we're gonna do some work on it 20:43.366 --> 20:47.800 align:start position:25% line:79.33% size:52.5% and we're gonna start by creating this spine 20:47.800 --> 20:49.500 align:start position:30% line:79.33% size:40% that goes up the middle of the leaf. 20:49.500 --> 20:50.366 align:start position:40% line:84.67% size:17.5% - Okay. 20:50.366 --> 20:52.133 align:start position:22.5% line:84.67% size:55% - So we take a V tool. 21:07.100 --> 21:09.100 align:start position:20% line:84.67% size:57.5% - And so relief carving 21:09.100 --> 21:12.966 align:start position:27.5% line:79.33% size:45% is you're actually relieving the area- 21:12.966 --> 21:13.800 align:start position:42.5% line:84.67% size:15% - Yes. 21:13.800 --> 21:15.100 align:start position:22.5% line:84.67% size:52.5% - Around the element? 21:15.100 --> 21:17.933 align:start position:25% line:79.33% size:50% - That's right, it's a subtractive process. 21:20.066 --> 21:22.800 align:start position:22.5% line:79.33% size:52.5% Most woodworking is a subtractive process, 21:22.800 --> 21:25.300 align:start position:20% line:84.67% size:60% not an additive process. 21:25.300 --> 21:27.833 align:start position:22.5% line:79.33% size:55% That's about where the grain changes direction, 21:27.833 --> 21:29.333 align:start position:22.5% line:84.67% size:55% where I started going. 21:29.333 --> 21:33.100 align:start position:22.5% line:79.33% size:50% Now I've got to turn around and go this way. 21:36.433 --> 21:40.066 align:start position:17.5% line:79.33% size:62.5% - And if you don't, it'll rip out the grain and- 21:40.066 --> 21:40.933 align:start position:37.5% line:84.67% size:20% - Right. 21:40.933 --> 21:41.733 align:start position:22.5% line:84.67% size:55% - You don't want that. 21:51.566 --> 21:52.400 align:start position:35% line:84.67% size:30% - All right. 21:52.400 --> 21:54.333 align:start position:25% line:84.67% size:50% So that's that vein? 21:54.333 --> 21:57.300 align:start position:22.5% line:79.33% size:52.5% - That's the spine in the middle of the leaf. 21:57.300 --> 21:58.133 align:start position:27.5% line:84.67% size:45% - [Chuck] Oh, wow. 22:01.000 --> 22:05.133 align:start position:22.5% line:79.33% size:57.5% - Now we'll take a tool that I've got over here, 22:05.133 --> 22:07.733 align:start position:30% line:79.33% size:40% this is called a back bent spoon, 22:09.000 --> 22:13.633 align:start position:10% line:84.67% size:80% and we'll round over that spine. 22:30.133 --> 22:35.100 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:80% - [Chuck] And here again, you've got to work with the grain. 22:35.866 --> 22:36.766 align:start position:20% line:84.67% size:57.5% - [Alf] With the grain. 22:43.733 --> 22:46.933 align:start position:22.5% line:79.33% size:50% - And I imagine your tools are well honed- 22:46.933 --> 22:48.300 align:start position:22.5% line:79.33% size:55% - Oh, they have to be. - And sharp? 22:48.300 --> 22:49.766 align:start position:20% line:84.67% size:60% - They have to be sharp. 22:49.766 --> 22:51.500 align:start position:12.5% line:84.67% size:72.5% - [Chuck] It's just polished. 22:51.500 --> 22:56.433 align:start position:27.5% line:79.33% size:47.5% - Yeah, yeah, they, I polish the edges. 22:59.600 --> 23:04.466 align:start position:12.5% line:79.33% size:75% - [Chuck] So I see that you're always connected to the piece 23:05.833 --> 23:09.766 align:start position:20% line:79.33% size:55% and it looks like your hands have specific jobs. 23:09.766 --> 23:10.733 align:start position:22.5% line:84.67% size:52.5% - [Alf] That's right. 23:10.733 --> 23:12.933 align:start position:12.5% line:84.67% size:72.5% It's a two-handed job mostly. 23:12.933 --> 23:15.033 align:start position:12.5% line:84.67% size:72.5% One hand is doing the pushing 23:15.033 --> 23:18.266 align:start position:15% line:79.33% size:67.5% and one hand is holding the tool back from going too far. 23:19.533 --> 23:23.166 align:start position:22.5% line:79.33% size:52.5% So one hand is acting kind of as a break. 23:23.166 --> 23:26.433 align:start position:27.5% line:79.33% size:47.5% Sometimes it's just acting as a brace, 23:26.433 --> 23:28.666 align:start position:10% line:84.67% size:80% but often it's acting as a break 23:28.666 --> 23:33.600 align:start position:22.5% line:79.33% size:52.5% to keep the tool from jumping way ahead. 23:34.966 --> 23:39.466 align:start position:22.5% line:79.33% size:52.5% - Nice finished cuts, the surfaces are so good. 23:39.466 --> 23:41.366 align:start position:20% line:79.33% size:55% You don't want to have to sand this whole thing. 23:41.366 --> 23:42.166 align:start position:42.5% line:84.67% size:12.5% - No. 23:43.366 --> 23:44.700 align:start position:15% line:84.67% size:70% This piece gets some sanding 23:44.700 --> 23:47.766 align:start position:27.5% line:79.33% size:40% but the ideal in carving like this 23:47.766 --> 23:49.533 align:start position:10% line:84.67% size:80% is not to have to sand anything, 23:49.533 --> 23:53.133 align:start position:27.5% line:79.33% size:45% to have everything be a tooled surface, 23:53.133 --> 23:56.733 align:start position:17.5% line:79.33% size:62.5% but the surfaces on these originals are so smooth 23:58.200 --> 24:01.066 align:start position:22.5% line:79.33% size:52.5% that I know that they did some sanding on them. 24:04.600 --> 24:06.100 align:start position:32.5% line:84.67% size:32.5% There you go. 24:06.100 --> 24:09.600 align:start position:15% line:79.33% size:67.5% Be careful not to catch the point there of the chisel 24:09.600 --> 24:11.233 align:start position:22.5% line:84.67% size:52.5% too much in the wood. 24:11.233 --> 24:12.700 align:start position:40% line:84.67% size:17.5% - Okay. 24:12.700 --> 24:14.866 align:start position:17.5% line:79.33% size:65% - Try to keep the point of the chisel out of the wood 24:14.866 --> 24:18.066 align:start position:12.5% line:79.33% size:75% so that you're just working in the middle two thirds of the, 24:18.066 --> 24:19.533 align:start position:32.5% line:79.33% size:32.5% there you go. - Like that. 24:19.533 --> 24:20.500 align:start position:35% line:84.67% size:30% - Beautiful. 24:20.500 --> 24:22.466 align:start position:12.5% line:84.67% size:75% - Oh man, that was a great tip 24:22.466 --> 24:24.666 align:start position:20% line:79.33% size:57.5% because otherwise it'll just catch and dig in. 24:24.666 --> 24:27.000 align:start position:20% line:84.67% size:57.5% - Uh huh, right, right. 24:27.000 --> 24:28.933 align:start position:22.5% line:84.67% size:52.5% - It even feels good. 24:28.933 --> 24:31.800 align:start position:17.5% line:79.33% size:62.5% Let me see if I can clean that just a bit here. 24:39.366 --> 24:43.500 align:start position:10% line:84.67% size:80% Nice tools and they cut so well, 24:43.500 --> 24:45.766 align:start position:25% line:79.33% size:50% but they work better in your hands. 24:45.766 --> 24:46.600 align:start position:32.5% line:84.67% size:35% (Alf chuckles) 24:46.600 --> 24:47.433 align:start position:30% line:84.67% size:37.5% Thank you, Alf. 24:47.433 --> 24:48.900 align:start position:32.5% line:84.67% size:35% - 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