Tuesday, January 14, 2020
You never know how you'll affect someone's life, so I just wanted to share with Prof. Johannesen's family some fond memories of him ...
Still in high-school and through the Student Summer Job Centre, I met him in the summer of 1975 when they hired me to do some antique refinishing and house painting for my summer job.
I knew nothing about antiques, but in the short time that I was there, Prof. Johannesen taught me about how to remove different finishes (and what to leave alone!), he explained "dovetails" for the drawers, how the furniture artisans would try to make plain pine look like Striped Maple, and the beading/routing that he had planned for refurbishing a corner cabinet.
... and, on couple breaks in the work, a little American history when I asked for perspective ... always interesting.
When the work was running out, they got me enough work for friends of theirs to finish my summer.
Best summer job - EVER!
Forever Grateful. RIP. Sincerely.
