George Nakashima Woodworker -- New Documentary
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luvmytoolz
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Brilliant, thanks Chuck!
Michael Kellough
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Try this
luvmytoolz
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@Michael Kellough Thanks Michael, I could access that one and it's just a superb 20 minutes, the other one Chuck linked to is the one I was after as they'd geo blocked it.
I never tire of Sam Maloof or George Nakashima videos, they're such a treat!
I never tire of Sam Maloof or George Nakashima videos, they're such a treat!
Packard
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Just today I was watching Antiques Roadshow on PBS TV, and one of the examples was an early Nakashima chair he built while in an internment camp during WWII. The antique authority on the subject said that Nakashima learned his craft in the camp.
I did not know any of that yesterday. (I’m addicted to Antiques Roadshow, and I set my DVD to record all the episodes. It probably aired a few days ago.)
I did not know any of that yesterday. (I’m addicted to Antiques Roadshow, and I set my DVD to record all the episodes. It probably aired a few days ago.)
luvmytoolz
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I LOVE Antiques Roadshow!
Watch the 20 minute video earlier in this thread, goes into his time learning woodworking during the internment camp days a bit which I think was great to show from many perspectives and wasn't just skirted around.
Michael Kellough
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What I learned from the video is that if it wasn’t for Hitler, George would have remained in India and lived a religious life, and if it wasn’t for internment he wouldn’t have learned the craft of woodworking.
Packard
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I think it is all interesting, but I am not waxing all philosophical about it. (And I am certainly not going to thank Hitler for the advancement of woodworking—but clearly his actions, and the panic and fears in the USA drove this result.)
I think I will just call this the “butterfly effect” (and I know that it does not exactly apply).
onocoffee
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I hadn't thought of his story in this respect, but there's a lot to be said about this.
I've listened to a few of Mira Nakashima's interviews and one of the things I like the most about how she describes her experience is that she always notes that it wasn't "internment" - it was incarceration. Only the people of Japanese descent were treated in such a manner. Germans and Italians were not subject to roundup and incarceration.
Packard
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That’s because Germans don’t “look German” and Italians don’t “look Italian”.
(And I am dropping out of this discussion as I am uncomfortable where it might take us,)
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