Tony Ballog and his Gypsy Orchestra

	Twig and Log Furniture Ron Rademacher (Dewitt, Michigan)
		As far back as anyone can remember, the Rademachers and others on nearby farms in Dewitt, Michigan, used logs and twigs to build utilitarian items like furniture, pole barns, milk stools, and fence posts. Ron Rademacher began woodworking with his father at an early age; and Ron’s father learned from his own father too. Like the other members of his family, Ron Rademacher harvests hardwood from the family farm and gathers logs, twigs, and shrub wood from the local area. Neighbors give him fruit and nut woods, and he recycles slab wood from a local sawmill. He bends, dries and cures the wood; strips the bark; and carves and whittles the piece shapes, joints, and decorations to create tables, chairs, mantle pieces, quilt racks, and milk stools.