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This Maker of Beautiful Things

Meet Henry Studley, Master Woodworker and his Famed Creation

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Neal Bascomb
Oct 29, 2022
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My grandfather Lester Linck was a maker. He spent his career as a photographer for the St. Louis Post-Dispatch. Upon his retirement, he settled into his basement workshop, one overflowing with hundreds of tools, and just started creating. He made sculptures out of wire. He carved marble into nude figures. He turned driftwood into lacquered tables. He pa…

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