Everything about Roy Underhill totally explained
Roy Underhill (b.
22 December,
1950) was raised in
Washington, DC and was the first master
housewright at the
Colonial Williamsburg reconstruction. Since
1979 he's been the host of the
PBS series
The Woodwright's Shop. As of
2004, the show was the longest-running PBS "how-to" show.
Underhill was introduced to traditional woodworking by a sister who worked at the
Smithsonian. He attended the
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and earned a degree in Theater. In the early
1970s Underhill and his wife moved to
Colorado to form Homestead Arts to pursue a career in acting. But when that failed the Underhills moved to a remote area of
New Mexico where traditional woodworking was one of the few means of survival.
In the late 1970s Underhill moved back to
North Carolina and
Duke University pursuing a multi-disciplinary course of study including
engineering,
forestry and
history and was subsequently awarded a Master of Forestry in 1977. At the birth of his first daughter, he approached the
UNC Center for Public Television with an idea about a traditional woodworking show. Initially rejected, the idea was finally accepted and in 1979 filming began on "The Woodwright's Shop" at
West Point on the Eno in
Durham, NC. Around the same time he also took the job as master housewright and later director of interpretive development at
Colonial Williamsburg in
Virginia.
More recently Underhill also works as a communications consultant. He is the author of several books, including
The Woodwright's Eclectic Workshop and
Woodwright's Shop: A Practical Guide to Traditional Woodcraft.
Many
handtool aficionados hold Roy Underhill in extremely high regard and may refer to him with the shorthand "St. Roy."
Publications
- Roy Underhill (2000) Khrushchev's Shoe and Other Ways to Captivate an Audience of 1 to 1,000. Perseus Publishing. ISBN 0-7382-0672-5
- Roy Underhill (1996) The Woodwright's Apprentice:Twenty Favorite Projects from The Woodwright's Shop. University of North Carolina Press. ISBN 0-8078-4612-0
- Roy Underhill (1991) The Woodwright's Eclectic Workshop. University of North Carolina Press. ISBN 0-8078-4347-4
- Lisa C. Mullins, Roy Underhill (1988) Styles of the Emerging Nation (Architectural Treasures of Early America, 13). Historical Times. ISBN 0-918678-35-8
- Roy Underhill (1986) The Woodwright's Workbook: Further Explorations in Traditional Woodcraft. University of North Carolina Press. ISBN 0-8078-4157-9
- Roy Underhill (1983). The Woodwright's Companion: Exploring Traditional Woodcraft. University of North Carolina Press. ISBN 0-8078-4095-5
- Roy Underhill (1981). The Woodwright's Shop: A Practical Guide to Traditional Woodcraft.University of North Carolina Press. ISBN 0-8078-4082-3
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