Luthier Amanda Ewing on the art and apprenticeship of violin making
From This Is Nashville · 49:57
Show by WPLN News - Nashville Public Radio
Nashville native Amanda Ewing was between jobs when she decided to pick up the violin again. Then, with time on her hands, she thought it would be fun to have a hand in making her own.When she started, Amanda didn't know she was the “first” or “only” Black woman in the U.S. working as a luthier. But she was asked how it felt to make history and her curiosity blossomed. Googling, she found it was true.From never touching a woodworking tool to crafting instruments built to last hundreds of years, Amanda Ewing tells us how an unexpected interest grew into her own passion — and how now she’s just as focused on teaching others as carving and shaping stringed instruments herself.
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