****  CFDA meeting March 8, 2005   - Guest speaker:   Evan Lewis - steel furniture    ***

Program Schedule
March 8-Evan Lewis
Evan makes furniture of steel. His work often includes forging as well as welding. He is no slave to standard steel sections, nor is he afraid of curves. In fact his work often verges on the baroque. Nor does he shy away form the unconventional. The last piece he showed with the CFDA was a cabinet with panels of pony hide!
Evan is, however, a slave to his studio. We are privileged that he has agreed to pry himself away from the coals and make this rare public experience. Don't waste this unique opportunity to hear the artist present his work in his own words.

April 12-Bill First
Bill is a photographer as well as a furniture designer/craftsman. As many of us already know, Bill teaches photography at Columbia College. Bill will speak about photographing furniture and assembling a photographic portfolio in the age of digital photography. I observed Bill as he recently took some pictures for me, and I learned a lot.

Bruce Harigan
Chris Brandel
Michael Obrecht
Pete Radecki
Lloyd Natof
Dave Waycie
John Krieghauser
Dan Kowalik
John Sirovatka
Bill First
Patrick Moloney
Jan Sopoci
Robert Frazier
James Degrazia

Announcements

Sustainability Show

33 pieces have been entered as of 2-1-05
Have employed both PR and Graphic Design Person
John White from "Fine Woodworking" may put spot onto website.

CFDA members:
The longer you wait to submit your piece you might not have your name listed on the literature.

Website

We need to look into the phone number that is listed on the website.

Guest Speaker

Andrew J. Pace
Safe Building Solutions
W292 S4498 Hillside Rd.
Waukesha, WI 53189
262-968-5070
andy@safebuildingsolutions.com

AFM Safecoat makes paints, stains, clear coatings and sealers. All of these products offer low VOC and very safe low odor products. AFM products are used in highly sensitive areas such as hospitals where out-gassing may cause problems with patients.

Why Most Coatings Out-Gas: because coatings have certain parts called "Monomers" these monomers combine during curing (drying) of the paint to achieve hardness. If the Monomers don't fully mix/cure then the uncured portions will out-gas. A typical paint may out-gas for 2-5 years.

Another thing to keep in mind is that most materials that are called "water based" are only comprised of at least 50% water and usually contain large amounts of acetone and or ammonia. By law since the manufacturer has at least 50% water they do not need to disclose other contents such as acetone or ammonia.

Andrew gave a wonderful presentation giving us all great insight into coatings.

"Theme-Furniture, like all consumer products, must satisfy the target consumer's wishes, needs and values through know-why manufacturing and timely delivery of pieces compliant with laws and regulations."..............

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