Listen to the Modern Woodworkers Association Podcast
I saved one of the highlights of my US tour until it was current and available. Atlanta Georgia was a wonderful experience for many reasons and as you know I loved visiting Highland Hardware and putting faces to the names of friendly people I had come to know at the end of a phone line as it was in the earlier days. I also really enjoyed my time demoing at the Woodworking Shows to and of course this show was the culmination of a long tour, but here is another highlight I haven’t really mentioned yet.
Many of you will of course be familiar with Chris Adkins who with Dyami Plotke and Tom Lovino runs a unique association called the Modern Woodworkers Association right there from Georgia. Chris is a woodworker and wears many hats to inspire, poke and prod the best out of a wide range of people from every walk of life. We got to have breakfast together and spent a good few hours discussing the future of woodworking, the preservation of our craft, the concerns we had for its future and the future generations of woodworking. All good stuff, but more than that, the role we each play in making certain that there is a future woodworking world. Chris had some innovative ideas that I though brought great balance and sound judgement to issues I thought that he could even spearhead because of his practical upbringing and his business-building abilities.
Thank you, Paul. I know Chris enjoyed speaking with you and we’re all happy to have had You on the show. Please keep teaching. We’re all working to keep woodworking alive in all forms.
Thanks for the kind words Paul. I really enjoyed our chat it was very inspiring for me.
Hey, Paul, thank you for the shout out. I’m glad that you and Chris had the opportunity to talk, and thank you for spreading the word about woodworking. You are doing yeoman’s work!