Anissa Kapsales will talk about her "Adaptable" philosophy of woodworking. Comfortable with both hand tools and power tools, she builds a range of projects from small items to a custom "tree house" for her children. She is a Senior Editor with Fine Woodworking Magazine.
Anissa is a talented woodworker, editor for Fine Woodworking magazine, and someone tossing rocks at the ever-present glass ceiling for women in the medium. If you are an avid consumer of FWW, you already know the airy tone and thoughtfulness Anissa brings to a conversation during her tenure on the "Shop Talk Live" Podcast. If you aren't, I highly recommend listening to this episode specifically.
https://www.finewoodworking.com/2020/05/01/stl214-5-the-one-with-no-questions
Also check out this fantastic conversation with woodworker Peter Follansbee.
https://www.finewoodworking.com/2024/11/13/video-being-peter-follansbee
Anissa is a 2006 graduate of the Krenov School of Fine Woodworking. She hails from upstate NY where she is raising her two children as well as an active woodworker. The youngest of three siblings, Anissa grew up in Wilkes-Barre, Penn., where her father, George Kapsales, was a mechanical engineer. Mr. Kapsales designed production lines for Dana Perfumes, a cosmetics company that produced fragrances such as “Canoe,” “Ambush” and “Tabu.” In the evenings and on weekends he tinkered in the family’s basement or on one of his many jalopies, and Anissa liked nothing better than to hang out with him while he built furniture or components for major home repairs, a portable black and white TV always on in the background. “To this day,” she says, “I love the background sound of football games, and the smell of second-hand smoke. He was never without a cigarette.”
The meeting location at the Artisan's Asylum is at the large classroom in the Holton Building. 617-800-9010 Directions: We are located at 96 Holton Street, Boston MA, 02135. The buildings are behind the Star Market with access to parking and a short walk away from the 86/66 bus "Western Ave & Everett St" stop.
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