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Episode MAS-507

Furniture Maker, Muralist, Blacksmith
Colorado woodworker Tom Hannah carves dragon talons on the cabriole* legs he is making for an exquisite bureau. Chicago artist Gladys Daniels Johnston paints bird of paradise flowers onto a botanical mural she's completing along a staircase wall. David Norrie pierces steel rods to create a circular decoration on an 8,000-pound railing he's building for a client in Jackson, Wyoming.

* cabriole--a form of furniture leg that curves outward, then narrows downward into an ornamental foot, characteristic of Queen Anne and Chippendale furniture

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