Espenet Art Carpenter, a self-taught carpenter who spare but sexy furniture received national recognition and influence the generation of master craftsmen, has died at age 86.
Carpenter suffered a fatal heart attack Thursday at his home in Bolinas, Marin County in the city, he helped create a haven for artists after another house he spent eight years building and furnishing was featured in Life magazine in 1966, said his son, Tripp Carpenter.
"He did not like one of the furniture had seen in his life, and he thought he could make something better and more beautiful," said Tripp Carpenter his eye-catching designs began to spin out after World War II. "I think it is the freedom for him, not having the training, starting from zero."
Known professionally as Espenet, elder Carpenter produced pieces that are now in the Smithsonian collection on display at the Museum of Modern Art and the Museum of Contemporary Crafts in New York City. In 1984, the California Legislature passed a resolution naming him "living California treasure."
Tripp Carpenter, who studied under his father and followed in the professional footsteps, "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 himself and his family, said the boy.
This is a spare and sensual and is now sold, when one can be found, for about $ 8,000, he said. This is also contrary to the wishes of his father as an artist is never to repeat the work. He made several hundred of them and repeated others as well because he had to make a living, and his work in the request.
"One of the favorite channels, rather than 'Time is money,' is' When is treatment," said Tripp Carpenter. "He would always spend a phenomenal amount of time on one part to ensure out perfect, whether he makes money at it."
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.
The other is the famous Carpenter furniture design table showing the toothed side of the shell. In an interview for the 1983 DIY Network, Carpenter describes the flow of furniture design as a "carpenter-style, practical and utilitarian."
"I started from the idea of 'How does that fit with the human body?" "He said." There are not too many straight lines on the human body. "
Besides his son Tripp, Mr. Carpenter is survived by his daughter, Tori Carpenter, of Oakland. Services pending.
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Carpenter suffered a fatal heart attack Thursday at his home in Bolinas, Marin County in the city, he helped create a haven for artists after another house he spent eight years building and furnishing was featured in Life magazine in 1966, said his son, Tripp Carpenter.
"He did not like one of the furniture had seen in his life, and he thought he could make something better and more beautiful," said Tripp Carpenter his eye-catching designs began to spin out after World War II. "I think it is the freedom for him, not having the training, starting from zero."
Known professionally as Espenet, elder Carpenter produced pieces that are now in the Smithsonian collection on display at the Museum of Modern Art and the Museum of Contemporary Crafts in New York City. In 1984, the California Legislature passed a resolution naming him "living California treasure."
Tripp Carpenter, who studied under his father and followed in the professional footsteps, "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 himself and his family, said the boy.
This is a spare and sensual and is now sold, when one can be found, for about $ 8,000, he said. This is also contrary to the wishes of his father as an artist is never to repeat the work. He made several hundred of them and repeated others as well because he had to make a living, and his work in the request.
"One of the favorite channels, rather than 'Time is money,' is' When is treatment," said Tripp Carpenter. "He would always spend a phenomenal amount of time on one part to ensure out perfect, whether he makes money at it."
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.
The other is the famous Carpenter furniture design table showing the toothed side of the shell. In an interview for the 1983 DIY Network, Carpenter describes the flow of furniture design as a "carpenter-style, practical and utilitarian."
"I started from the idea of 'How does that fit with the human body?" "He said." There are not too many straight lines on the human body. "
Besides his son Tripp, Mr. Carpenter is survived by his daughter, Tori Carpenter, of Oakland. Services pending.
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