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Bending the Box: Educator Spotlight on Cynthia Bleskachek of the Funky Little Chair

11/18/2020
Cynthia Bleskachek doesn’t just think outside the box. She takes the box apart and does origami with it.
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Let’s start there. With the box. I’m referring here not to the art of upholstery which, as Cynthia points out, always involves out-of-the box thinking. Because each piece is different, upholsterers are naturally nimble problem solvers when it comes to repairing and transforming furniture. The box in which we find ourselves trapped, as Cynthia sees it, is our industry structure (or “shared infrastructure”) which has become disjointed and dysfunctional, leaving gaping pot holes on the path to success and security for current and future generations of would-be upholsterers...

Click here to read the full article on the National Upholstery Association website.

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    In addition to her own blog, Monica Rhodes currently blogs for the National Upholstery Association at:
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