Episode 038: Freddy Roman

Cut the Craft

Episode Recorded October 11, 2021.

Freddy Roman has grown up within the furniture field and mastered a variety of trades revolving around restoration woodworking and everything that goes along with it, from veneer work in neoclassical furniture to glazing antique windows. This is a thoughtful episode coming from someone who occupies the space where “trades” and “craft” are the same. Freddy shares his thoughts about the differences between handwork and machine work and what he’s learned in the process of being a woodworker. He also explains the importance of teaching handwork to folks lost skills that would’ve been commonplace a few decades ago.

To find more of Freddy’s work visit his website: http://www.periodcraftsmen.com/ and on Instagram @periodcraftsman. His Podcast is Against the Grain Podcast.

Freddy’s craft crushes: Chris Schwartz, Don Williams, Al Breed, Christian Becksvort, Will Neptune, Mike Pekovitch, Nancy Hiller, Peter Follansbee, Peter Galbert, Greg Pennington, Pinemar, @areyouafixer, Jimmy Dieresta, Megan Fitzpatrick, Wood Window Museum, Copper Pig, Ben Bogie, Joshua Klein, Roy Underhill, Callen Malsby, Tried and True Carpentry

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