M&T is a beautiful biannual print magazine from the US celebrating the preservation, research, and recreation of historic furniture. With no ads, and 144 pages printed and perfectly bound on 70# opaque uncoated paper, this is not just any magazine, this is a coffee table magazine.
They believe a full appreciation of period furniture-making practice comes from an integrative approach where your mind is as engaged as your hands are in learning. For this reason they have essays to expand your knowledge, tutorials to expand your skills, and interviews with the masters to inspire you to better work.
Meet the most dedicated period furniture makers today producing the very best in authentic preindustrial craftsmanship.
Get a behind the scenes look into the life and work of the most accomplished furniture conservators that are entrusted to treat some of the most important US cultural artifacts.
Sit down with the USA's most preeminent furniture scholars and read about their life, furniture, and scholarship methodology.
Issue 18 includes:
- "All for the Best" - An Interview with Chairmaker Andy Glenn"
- “The Maker’s Eye” - Peter Hudson
- “Pyrography: Writing by Fire” - Marsha Wilson-Johnson
- “With Sleeves Rolled Up: Planing a House-worth of Floorboards” - Joshua A. Klein
- “For Building a Nation: A Brief History of Lumbering in Maine” - Michael Updegraff
- “Like the Faces of Old Friends: Characteristics for Recognizing Wood” - Levi O’Brien
- "A Story to Tell: An Examination of a Late-18th/Early-19th-century Stand"
- “A New Kind of Apprenticeship” - Michael Updegraff
- "Beginning Hand Saw Sharpening" - Paul N. Hasluck
- "Book Recommendation: Tim Ingold’s The Perception of the Environment" - Joshua A. Klein
