A photography student, I had no real background in wood, but I needed an elective. It was the first day of class, a basic woodshop course I’d opted for on a whim. He then turned and walked out of the shop into the alley. He hung up his coat, rolled up his sleeves and tucked his tie into his shirt. Professor Frid A former student of Tage Frid describes the extraordinary experience of being taught by the Danish master B Y H A N K G I L P I N Professor Frid walked into the shop dressed in a coat and tie, his thick, white, wavy hair perfect. He has been a contributing editor to the magazine since the first issue and also wrote a trilogy of best-selling books for The Taunton Press. The range of Frid’s influence increased further when he began writing for Fine Woodworking. Along with superior craftsmen, Frid’s classroom also produced many of the best teachers of the next generation. Gilpin caught Frid in the middle of a teaching career-spent primarily at Rochester Institute of Technology and RISD-that stretched from 1948 to 1985 and spawned scores of woodworkers who became prominent in the field.
Gilpin, 54, now one of the country’s top furniture makers, studied under Frid at Rhode Island School of Design (RISD) in the early 1970s and worked in Frid’s shop for a time after graduation. Over the next few weeks we received a stream of postcards-Gilpin’s favorite mode of communication-and we’ve reprinted them here. Editor’s note: Several months ago we asked Hank Gilpin if he would write something about his mentor, Tage Frid.
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