View Single Post
  #1   Report Post  
Posted to rec.woodworking
Mark & Juanita Mark & Juanita is offline
external usenet poster
 
Posts: 2,228
Default Short Review: Greene & Greene Design Elements for the Workshop

Just finished reading Darrell Peart's "Greene & Greene Design Elements for
the Workshop".

All in all I found it a very good book, providing an historical overview
of Greene & Greene and their collaboration with Peter and John Hall during
the Ultimate Bungalow design days. The evolution of Charles' designs and
the craftsmanship that the Halls brought to the collaboration was
enlightening. A summary of G&G design elements as well as some historical
perspective is provided. The book then transitions to some detailed
expositions for re-creating G*G design elements in the modern shop.
Various design elements including the cloud lifts, leg indent details,
ebony plugs, reliefs, brackets, etc. are provided in great detail. The
final chapters provide the interpretation of G&G by three woodworkers (one
of them being Peart).

If you are interested in the Greene and Greene legacy of the Arts & Crafts
movement, this is a worthwhile addition to your library.

For those who are interested, the book ISBN is 094193696-1


--
If you're going to be dumb, you better be tough