****CFDA meeting        *** Highlight:—"Using Aluminum Castings in Custom Furniture"  -          ***

 
 

CFDA Address

SL Natof
1217 W. Monroe
Chicago, IL 60607

www.cfdainfo.org

Officers
President
Chris Brandel

Vice President
Michael Obrecht

Treasurer
Lloyd Natof

Secretary
Bruce Horigan

 

 

   Newsletter Submissions
newsletter@cfdainfo.org

 

 

CFDA 
Monthly Newsletter

June 2006

 

Inside this issue:

 - CFDA  meeting report -

 

Upcoming meetings - John Kriegshauser

TBA

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

All general meetings are held on the second Tuesday of the month at 6:30 pm at Corosh, 1072 North Milwaukee, 2nd Floor.

Announcements:

 

Matt Speer:

            Has shop space available to share.  Please contact him at info@mathewpaulfurniture.com 3 way split of 2400 sq ft includes utilities      and use of tools.  The address is 6311 West Roosevelt in Berwyn.

 

 

-Membership: Lloyd

            Please bring in everyone you think might benefit or might benefit the group.        Contact him at Lloyd@slnatof.com

 

 

 



 



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- Meeting/Program Schedule  (John Kriegshauser)

 

July 11            Using Aluminum Castings in Custom Furniture:  Pradeep Shimpi and John Kriegshauser will share their experiences creating patterns and working with foundries.

 

 

 

 

 

 


CFDA - Membership Meeting Report

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CFDA Tues 5.9.06

 

 

Meeting called to order at 6:45

 

President’s Report:

 

-We have a new treasurer, Llyod Nattoff.  He will start getting old invoices and reports together, welcome.

 

-Changes to news letter.

            It will be made more exciting.  Please submit ideas if you want articles for printing to news letter.  Please get information to Dan Kawalik by the Tuesday before the meeting for each news letter.  The news letter will be put out the Thursday before the meeting.

 

-Yahoo groups CFDA

            Do you want to join?  Contact Chris at Cbrandel@bretford.ocm

 

-Web site

            Will be updating with Lloyd’s phone.

            And e-mail for treasurer and membership info.

 

-John Kriegshauser:      Architectural Furniture Show

           

            See attached handout.

           

            The question is September 2005 show or April 2006 show. Either way it is       possible that it can be an annual show.

            Chris asked for a show of hands for a fall or spring show; the fall show won out.

           

            Show name.  We will narrow it down to several names and then vote on them    through e-mail.

 

            -Furniture in the Details

            -Outside-in

            -Furniture Follows Form

            -Function Follows From

            -Scaled Down; furniture about architecture

 

 

-Presentation by Jeff Miller

 

Meeting adjourned