Benchmarks: Steve Latta — Great artisans, great inspiration
Oct 02, 2020
When I started working in a furniture shop in Athens, Ohio, issues of Fine Woodworking were scattered about the place. We’d all flip through the pages and ooh and aah at the work executed by myriad great artisans. Some authors were just a staple and I looked forward to anything and everything they would write. Given the opportunity, I would have pulled off a Vulcan mind meld with Tage Frid, Ian Kirby, or Phil Lowe. In those early issues, I found a wealth of practical knowledge that I could apply in my day-to-day efforts as well as inspiration for the long haul, which at this point has been about 35 years.
A table by Richard Newman was the first real piece to stop me dead in my tracks. Featured on the back cover, it had trumpet-shaped legs with merging flutes that spiraled the entire length with a small bead of…
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