About Dan L. Hamilton
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Dan L. Hamilton
-at the age of 49- is a premier furniture maker and restorer,
specializing in 18th
century furniture. His experience is vast, because,
in his younger years he worked on wood as a carpenter at his father's
wood working company in Eastern Kentucky; then, advanced to cabinet
making, where he practiced the true meaning of relentless precision, and
subsequently graduated as a furniture maker and restorer of fine antique
furniture, which he practices today. His knowledge is immense, for, not
only he "knows how" in every area of wood working and methods, but has a
thorough knowledge of woods, how they react, which to choose for the
job, et cetera.
Additionally, Dan Hamilton is an a
constant state of learning, because woodworking is a multifaceted field,
which requires constant research about carving, for example, or methods
of English and French shellac polishing, coloring, period furniture
construction methods, and much more. Paraphrasing the legendary Greek
Philosopher Socrates: Solo se que no se nada (all I know is that I know
nothing) (or, the more I learn the less I know), Hamilton, too, realizes
the endlessness of knowledge in his field, which brings to mind the
crass mistake that someone in possession of a fine piece of furniture or
antique could make, simply by failing to trust it to an expert restorer.
Dan Hamilton has been commissioned
to restore pieces for historical societies, and his furniture making
appeared in books and national magazines, withal. (*) Additionally, he
is an avid participant of the Museum of Early Southern Decorative Arts (MESDA)
18th Century Furniture Seminars, and member of The Society of
American Period Furniture Makers (SAPFM).
See ARCHITECTURE & DESIGN, Seventh & Ninth Annual Editions.
BUILT-IN FURNITURE, Jim Toplin, Taunton Press,
1997
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