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about GRAHAM BLACKBURN - thirty years at the bench
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Graham Blackburn was born and trained in London, England. He built his first house in Woodstock, NY over twenty-five years ago. Since then he has written more than a dozen books on all aspects of housebuilding, interior carpentry, basic woodwork, as well as books on traditional woodworking, cabinetmaking, furnituremaking, handtools, and design.
Besides running his own custom furnituremaking shop - selling nationwide and exhibiting at some of the top shows - he also became a frequent contributor to leading magazines such as Fine Woodworking, Popular Woodworking, and Woodwork - of which he was also the Editor-in-Chief for a number of years.
As well as being a prolific writer and illustrator, he has also been the subject of several books on crafts and design. He was featured in Maxine Rosenberg's Artists of Handcrafted Furniture at Work: Lothrop, Lee & Shepard; and Jane Smiley's Catskill Crafts: Artisans of the Catskill Mountains: Crown Publishers.
Besides furnituremaking, teaching, and various video, writing, and illustrating committments, Graham Blackburn has also made numerous television appearances as a home repair consultant, including serving as the national spokesperson for Boyle-Midway's media campaign: Secrets of the Master Craftsmen.
BOOKS by GRAHAM BLACKBURN
ILLUSTRATED
HOUSEBUILDING
Overlook Press 1974 (republished
1990 as part of THE ILLUSTRATED BOOK OF HOUSEBUILDING & CARPENTRY*)
THE
ILLUSTRATED ENCYCLOPEDIA OF WOODWORKING HANDTOOLS, INSTRUMENTS & DEVICES
Simon and Schuster 1974; John Murray 1975; revised
edition: Globe Pequot 1992;
3rd edition: Blackburn Books 2000
ILLUSTRATED
BASIC CARPENTRY
Bobbs-Merrill
1976
THE
POSTAGE STAMP GAZETTEER
Bobbs-Merrill 1976
ILLUSTRATED
FURNITURE MAKING
Simon and Schuster 1977; Robert Hale 1978
ILLUSTRATED
INTERIOR CARPENTRY
Bobbs-Merrill 1978; Evans Bros. 1979; Overlook
Press 1979
(republished 1990 as part of THE ILLUSTRATED BOOK OF HOUSEBUILDING & CARPENTRY*)
THE
ILLUSTRATED ENCYCLOPEDIA OF SHIPS, BOATS, VESSELS, AND OTHER WATER-BORNE CRAFT
Overlook Press 1978; John Murray 1978
THE
OVERLOOK ILLUSTRATED DICTIONARY OF NAUTICAL TERMS
Overlook Press 1981; David and Charles 1982
THE
PARTS OF A HOUSE
Marek 1980
AN
ILLUSTRATED CALENDAR OF HOME REPAIR
Marek/Putnam 1981
QUICK
AND EASY HOME REPAIR
Ballantine Books 1986
FLOORS,
WALLS, AND CEILINGS
Consumer Reports Books 1989
*THE
ILLUSTRATED BOOK OF HOUSEBUILDING & CARPENTRY
Gramercy Press 1990; Overlook Press 1998
HOUSEHOLD
STORAGE
Consumer Reports Books 1990
YEAR-ROUND
HOUSE CARE
Consumer Reports Books 1991, Blackburn Books 1998
FURNITURE
BY DESIGN
Lyons and Burford 1997
TRADITIONAL
WOODWORKING HANDTOOLS
Blackburn Books 1998
TRADITIONAL
WOODWORKING TECHNIQUES
Blackburn Books 2004
VIDEOS by GRAHAM BLACKBURN
FRAME
& PANEL I: MAKING & JOINING THE FRAME
Taunton Press 2000
FRAME
& PANEL II: PANEL RAISING
Taunton Press 2001
(now available as a single DVD direct from The Taunton Press)
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