Espenet Art Carpenter, a self-taught carpenter who spare but sexy furniture received national recognition and influence the generation of master craftsmen, died. He was 86.
Carpenter suffered a heart attack Thursday at his home in Bolinas, Marin County in the city, he helped create a haven for artists after he built another house and feature in Life magazine in 1966, said his son, Tripp Carpenter. Known professionally as Espenet, elder Carpenter produced pieces that are now in the collections of the Smithsonian Institution and exhibited at the Museum of Modern Art and the Museum of Contemporary Crafts in New York City. Tripp Carpenter said his father's most famous piece of "wishbone" chair. Although he never wants to repeat himself as an artist, he made several hundred of the chair to support his family, said the boy.
Born in New York in 1920, Carpenter signed up for the Navy after graduating from Dartmouth College. After World War II, he promised himself he would spend the rest of his life doing something he loved. Support himself on $ 100 per month GI Bill retired, he moved to San Francisco and turned out to bowl while learning the craft of wood workers.
In an interview for the 1983 DIY Network, Carpenter describes the flow of furniture design as a "carpenter-style, practical and utilitarian." Www.indystar.com
Carpenter suffered a heart attack Thursday at his home in Bolinas, Marin County in the city, he helped create a haven for artists after he built another house and feature in Life magazine in 1966, said his son, Tripp Carpenter. Known professionally as Espenet, elder Carpenter produced pieces that are now in the collections of the Smithsonian Institution and exhibited at the Museum of Modern Art and the Museum of Contemporary Crafts in New York City. Tripp Carpenter said his father's most famous piece of "wishbone" chair. Although he never wants to repeat himself as an artist, he made several hundred of the chair to support his family, said the boy.
Born in New York in 1920, Carpenter signed up for the Navy after graduating from Dartmouth College. After World War II, he promised himself he would spend the rest of his life doing something he loved. Support himself on $ 100 per month GI Bill retired, he moved to San Francisco and turned out to bowl while learning the craft of wood workers.
In an interview for the 1983 DIY Network, Carpenter describes the flow of furniture design as a "carpenter-style, practical and utilitarian." Www.indystar.com
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