Oral history interview with David Holzapfel
odd: label: General
content: Originally recorded on 3 sound discs. Reformatted in 2010 as 4 digital wav files. Duration is 2 hr., 36 min.
name: label: Interviewee
content: Holzapfel, David, 1950-
label: Interviewer
content: Shea, Josephine, 1958-
label: Creator
content: Nanette L. Laitman Documentation Project for Craft and Decorative Arts in America
label: Names
content: Marietta College -- Students
label: Names
content: Marlboro College -- Students
label: Names
content: Nanette L. Laitman Documentation Project for Craft and Decorative Arts in America
label: Names
content: Pritam & Eames
label: Names
content: Ancell, Nathan
label: Names
content: Brelsford, Edmond
label: Names
content: De Libero, Libero
label: Names
content: Giuliani, Alfredo, 1924-2007
label: Names
content: Holzapfel, Michelle, 1951-
label: Names
content: Joseph, Peter T. (Peter Thomas), 1950-1998
label: Names
content: O'Grady, Desmond
label: Names
content: Sheldon, Roy
place: label: Place
content: Africa -- description and travel
label: Place
content: Europe -- description and travel
label: Place
content: Italy -- description and travel
topic: label: Occupation
content: Woodworkers -- Vermont
label: Topic
content: Poetry
label: Topic
content: Woodworking -- Study and teaching
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: This interview is part of the Archives of American Art Oral History Program, started in 1958 to document the history of the visual arts in the United States, primarily through interviews with artists, historians, dealers, critics and administrators.
creator: label: Interviewee
content: Holzapfel, David, 1950-
label: Interviewer
content: Shea, Josephine, 1958-
label: Creator
content: Nanette L. Laitman Documentation Project for Craft and Decorative Arts in America
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: David Hozapfel (1950- ) is a self-taught woodworker in Marlboro, Vermont.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 4 Items (Sound recording: 4 sound files (2 hr., 36 min.), digital, wav)
label: Extent
content: 33 Pages (Transcript)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 2008 January 26-March 2
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.holzad08
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Pages
label: Type
content: Interviews
label: Type
content: Sound recordings
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Interviews
label: Genre/Form
content: Sound recordings
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: An interview of David Holzapfel conducted 2008 January 26-March 2, by Josephine Shea, for the Archives of American Art's Nanette L. Laitman Documentation Project for Craft and Decorative Arts in America, at Holzapfel's home and studio, Applewoods Studio and Gallery, in Marlboro, Vermont.
label: Scope and Contents
content: Holzapfel speaks of his childhood; attending high school in Rome, Italy; university experiences at Marietta College and Marlboro College; studying Italian poetry; his favorite poets including Libero de Libero and Alfredo Giuliani; time spent traveling in Italy with wife Michelle; the births of their children; going to work for Roy Sheldon at Fabulous Tables; being self-taught in woodworking; starting his own furniture making workshop with Michelle; materials he prefers to work with, including maple, beech, and oak; his hollow furniture forms; travels throughout Europe and in Africa; his experience with craft shows and galleries, including Pritam & Eames and Peter Joseph; and his creative process. Holzapfel recalls Desmond O'Grady, Edmond Brelsford, Peter Joseph, Nathan Ancell, and others.