The Furniture of Sam Maloof by Smithsonian American Art Museum Renwick Gallery, 11 minute DVD

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The Furniture of Sam Maloof by Smithsonian American Art Museum Renwick Gallery, 11 minute DVDA companion video to The Furniture of Sam Maloof, this was filmed shortly after the move to the current site. In it, Sam shares his woodworking techniques and his home with Jeremy Adamson. This DVD shows details of Sam working in his shop, his furniture, his new home and shots of the historic home at the new location awaiting reassembly. This is an excellent overview of Sam and his life. In a relatively short video, it brilliantly captures the love

Sam relates how it all started in the opening of Sam Maloof

and Muslim literature

and the ungainly pieces of building balanced on their truck beds during the move

uses traditional Japanese esthetics combined with his own personal artistic eye to create a personal and wonderful adaptation of Japanese design

the book is richly illustrated with photos of Sam and his house giving context to the stories

I was thirty-two years of age

2024 - September 28

The result is a fascinating and warm account of a life well lived

This was no easy task after 50 years of Sam doing everything “his” way in his own environment

calling on twelve master artists to identify additional participants to represent the current state of craft in California

The book is heavily enriched with photographs of the buildings before the move

Solomon is a larger-than-life character in Jewish