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  1. 05-07-2004, 06:50 AM #1
    Sawduster
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    Passing of the Master

    Just read over at the Porch that Tage Frid passed away on Tuesday. 88 Years old.
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  2. 05-07-2004, 07:01 AM #2
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    RE: Passing of the Master

    Thankfully, he wrote instructional books before he passed that are timeless.

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    "I do what the voices in my decoy bag tell me to do!"
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    RE: Passing of the Master

    :-(
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  4. 05-07-2004, 09:48 AM #4
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    RE: Passing of the Master

    http://www.furnituresociety.org/news...ages/frid1.jpg

    The following is from: http://www.furnituresociety.org/news...s/tfridcv.html

    FRID, Tage P. · Born May 30, 1915, in Copenhagen, Denmark


    Background/Training

    Apprentice to Master Craftsman Gronlund Jensen (5 years)
    1934 Graduated Master Craftsman with Honors, Woodworking and Furniture Design, Copenhagen Technical School
    1940 Graduate, Vedins School (college), Copenhagen, Denmark
    1944 Graduate School for Interior Design, Copenhagen, Denmark

    Teaching
    1985- Professor Emeritus, Rhode Island School of Design (RISD), Providence, RI
    1962-85 Professor and Department Head, Woodworking and Design, RISD
    1948-62 Associate Professor, Professor and Department Head, Department of Woodworking and Furniture Design, School for American Craftsmen, Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester, NY

    Professional Experience
    1965-68 Co-Founder, ESPAN, Providence, RI. Manufacturer of small desk accessories sold to Georg Jensen, NYC, and US Government Agencies.
    1953-62 Co-Founder of Shop One, Rochester, NY. Retail shop specializing in sale and exhibition of fine crafts.
    1950-58 Partner, Donovan and Frid, Rochester, NY. Design and woodworking firm specializing in interiors and handmade furniture.
    1946-48 Interior Designer, Reykjavik, Iceland
    1934-36 Various cabinet shops, Denmark

    Awards
    1992 Rhode Island State Council on the Arts, Governor's Arts Award
    1990 National Endowment for the Arts Grant
    1984 Honorary Doctorate of Fine Arts, RISD
    1980 Elected Fellow, American Craft Council

    Museum Collections
    The Renwick Gallery, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC
    Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Boston, MA
    Museum of Art, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI

    Publications
    1975- Contributing Editor, Fine Woodworking
    Tage Frid Teaches Woodworking, 3 volume set, Taunton Press
    1986 Contemporary American Woodworkers, Michael A. Stone
    1981 American Furniture: 1620 to the Present, by Jonathan L. Fairbanks and Elizabeth Bidwell Bates
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  5. 05-07-2004, 10:02 AM #5
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    RE: Passing of the Master

    An amazing man....
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