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Moser: Legacy in Wood Exhibition Opens at Maine State Museum on LOCATION:Maine State Museum\, 230 State Street\, State Capitol Complex\, Augusta\, M E DESCRIPTION:\n Photo attached\nPhoto caption: Ramsy Uter and Tom Moser work on their c arving of a small carousel horse that will be making its debut at the Maine State Museum’s upcoming exhibition, “Thos. Moser: Legacy in Wood,” on view for six months beginning July 15, 2017.Maine State Museum Venue is Final S howing of Two-Year Traveling Exhibit \nAUGUSTA Thos. Moser: Legacy in Wood , a traveling exhibition illustrating the artistic vision of Tom Moser, Mai ne’s legendary 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.\n“The traveling exhib ition 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 commo nalities with its installations in the other two venues. In many ways it is unique. Different pieces of furniture and new styles will be featured. Som e 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 hi ghlighted as well.”\nIn addition to showcasing beautiful furniture, Thos. M oser: Legacy in Wood, includes a wood-bending jig from the factory floor an d hands-on joinery examples to display how the furniture is made. A small c arousel horse, hand-carved by Tom Moser in collaboration with Ramsy Uter, a craftsman at Thos. Moser, Handmade American Furniture since 2007, will mak e its debut as part of the Maine State Museum’s exhibit.\nIn 1972, Tom Mose r 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. F orty-five years later, the design of his sinuous take on the Windsor has be en updated several times. It is joined by a twenty-first century interpreta tion, fittingly called the Sequel, and other iconic designs that will be in cluded in the museum’s exhibit.\nAs 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 objects in three dimensions. The urge runs deep in my bones, and for better or worse, I define myself by my output. The un examined life may or may not be worth living, but for me, life without a pr oject is at best a shallow experience.”\nThe result of Tom Moser’s compulsi on was first a one-man shop in New Gloucester, Maine where his family’s din ing room was the showroom for his furniture. Now, Thos. Moser, Handmade Ame rican Furniture, based in Auburn, Maine, employs more than 100 people, incl uding three generations of Mosers, and has showrooms across the country.\nT he 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 e xhibit’s run.\nThos. Moser: Legacy in Wood was organized by Maine College o f Art, Curator, Donna McNeil. For additional information, see the Maine Sta te Museum’s website www.mainestatemuseum.org or visit the museum at 230 Sta te Street, Augusta, Maine.\nMuseum Hours: \nTuesday–Friday 9am to 5pm Satu rday 10am to 4pm\nClosed Sunday and Monday Closed all State Holidays X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:
AUGUSTA Thos. Moser: Legacy in Wood , a traveling exhibition illustrating the artistic vision o f Tom Moser, Maine’s legendary furniture maker, opens at the Maine State Mu seum in Augusta on Saturday, July 15. Museum admission will be free of char ge all day. The exhibit will remain on view through January 13, 2018.
“The traveling exhibition is the first retrospective of Tom Moser’s 45-yea r contribution to art, craft, design, and entrepreneurship in Maine,” comme nts the exhibition’s curator Donna McNeil. “This version of the traveling e xhibit has some commonalities with its installations in the other two venue s. 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 in spired by Tom Moser’s vision and working at Thos. Moser, Handmade American Furniture, will be highlighted as well.”
In addition to showcasing be autiful furniture, Thos. Moser: Legacy in Wood, includes a wood-bending jig from the factory floor and hands-on joinery examples to display how the fu rniture is made. A small carousel horse, hand-carved by Tom Moser in collab oration with Ramsy Uter, a craftsman at Thos. Moser, Handmade American Furn iture since 2007, will make its debut as part of the Maine State Museum’s e xhibit.
In 1972, Tom Moser was a tenured professor at Bates College w hen he took a year off to make furniture, and never went back. His early de signs were based on classic New England furniture, such as Windsor chairs a nd ladder-back Shaker chairs. Forty-five years later, the design of his sin uous take on the Windsor has been updated several times. It is joined 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 objects in three dimensions. The urge runs deep in my bones, and for better or worse, I define myself by my output. The unexamined life may or may not be worth l iving, but for me, life without a project is at best a shallow experience.”
The result of Tom Moser’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: Le gacy 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. Mos er: Legacy in Wood was organized by Maine College of Art, Curator, Donna Mc Neil. For additional information, see the Maine State Museum’s website www. mainestatemuseum.org or visit the museum at 230 State Street, Augusta, Main e.
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