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AUGUSTA Thos. Moser: Legacy in Wood , a traveling exhibition illustrating the artistic vision of Tom Moser, Maine’s legendar y furniture maker, opens at the Maine State Museum in Augusta on Saturday, July 15. Museum admission will be free of charge all day. The exhibit will remain on view through January 13, 2018.
“The traveling exhibition is the first retrospective of Tom Moser’s 45-year contribution to art, craft, design, and entrepreneurship in Maine,” comments the exhibition’s curator Donna McNeil. “This version of the traveling exhibit has some commonalities with its installations in the other two venues. In many ways it is unique. Different pieces of furniture and new styles will be featured. Some pieces made by a new generation of designers, all inspired by Tom Moser’s vision and working at Thos. Moser, Handmade American Furniture, will be highlighte d as well.”
In addition to showcasing beautiful furniture, Thos. Mose r: Legacy in Wood, includes a wood-bending jig from the factory floor and h ands-on joinery examples to display how the furniture is made. A small caro usel horse, hand-carved by Tom Moser in collaboration with Ramsy Uter, a cr aftsman at Thos. Moser, Handmade American Furniture since 2007, will make i ts debut as part of the Maine State Museum’s exhibit.
In 1972, Tom Mo ser was a tenured professor at Bates College when he took a year off to mak e furniture, and never went back. His early designs were based on classic N ew England furniture, such as Windsor chairs and ladder-back Shaker chairs. Forty-five years later, the design of his sinuous take on the Windsor has been updated several times. It is joined by a twenty-first century interpre tation, fittingly called the Sequel, and other iconic designs that will be included in the museum’s exhibit.
As Tom Moser tells it, he has alway s had, and still has, a compulsion to build. “To this day, I cannot imagine a life in which I am not creating objects in three dimensions. The urge ru ns deep in my bones, and for better or worse, I define myself by my output. The unexamined life may or may not be worth living, but for me, life witho ut a project is at best a shallow experience.”
The result of Tom Mose r’s compulsion was first a one-man shop in New Gloucester, Maine where his family’s dining room was the showroom for his furniture. Now, Thos. Moser, Handmade American Furniture, based in Auburn, Maine, employs more than 100 people, including three generations of Mosers, and has showrooms across the country.
The exhibit catalog, Moser: Legacy in Wood by Thomas Moser and Donna McNeil will be available for sale in the Maine State Museum Store throughout the exhibit’s run.
Thos. Moser: Legacy in Wood was organi zed by Maine College of Art, Curator, Donna McNeil. For additional informat ion, see the Maine State Museum’s website www.mainestatemuseum.org or visit the museum at 230 State Street, Augusta, Maine.
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AUGUSTA Tho s. Moser: Legacy in Wood , a traveling exhibition illustrating the artistic vision of Tom Moser, Maine’s legendary furniture maker, opens at the Maine State Museum in Augusta on Saturday, July 15. Museum admission will be fre e of charge all day. The exhibit will remain on view through January 13, 20 18.
“The traveling exhibition is the first retrospective of Tom Moser ’s 45-year contribution to art, craft, design, and entrepreneurship in Main e,” comments the exhibition’s curator Donna McNeil. “This version of the tr aveling exhibit has some commonalities with its installations in the other two venues. In many ways it is unique. Different pieces of furniture and ne w styles will be featured. Some pieces made by a new generation of designer s, all inspired by Tom Moser’s vision and working at Thos. Moser, Handmade American Furniture, will be highlighted as well.”
In addition to show casing beautiful furniture, Thos. Moser: Legacy in Wood, includes a wood-be nding jig from the factory floor and hands-on joinery examples to display h ow the furniture is made. A small carousel horse, hand-carved by Tom Moser in collaboration with Ramsy Uter, a craftsman at Thos. Moser, Handmade Amer ican Furniture since 2007, will make its debut as part of the Maine State M useum’s exhibit.
In 1972, Tom Moser was a tenured professor at Bates College when he took a year off to make furniture, and never went back. His early designs were based on classic New England furniture, such as Windsor chairs and ladder-back Shaker chairs. Forty-five years later, the design o f his sinuous take on the Windsor has been updated several times. It is joi ned by a twenty-first century interpretation, fittingly called the Sequel, and other iconic designs that will be included in the museum’s exhibit.
As Tom Moser tells it, he has always had, and still has, a compulsion to build. “To this day, I cannot imagine a life in which I am not creating ob jects in three dimensions. The urge runs deep in my bones, and for better o r worse, I define myself by my output. The unexamined life may or may not b e worth living, but for me, life without a project is at best a shallow exp erience.”
The result of Tom Moser’s compulsion was first a one-man sh op in New Gloucester, Maine where his family’s dining room was the showroom for his furniture. Now, Thos. Moser, Handmade American Furniture, based in Auburn, Maine, employs more than 100 people, including three generations o f Mosers, and has showrooms across the country.
The exhibit catalog, Moser: Legacy in Wood by Thomas Moser and Donna McNeil will be available fo r sale in the Maine State Museum Store throughout the exhibit’s run.
Thos. Moser: Legacy in Wood was organized by Maine College of Art, Curator, Donna McNeil. For additional information, see the Maine State Museum’s web site www.mainestatemuseum.org or visit the museum at 230 State Street, Augu sta, Maine.
Museum Hours: