"Blessed is the man who has found his work"

After three more or less succussful careers, I have found the work I love. Some people look forward to retirement to take up woodworking as a "hobby". I didn't have to wait that long and now retirement is not even contemplated.

The only business that has relevance to woodworking was some thirty years as an antique dealer and restorer specializing in turn-of-the-century and Arts & Crafts furniture.

I learned how to finish pieces before I attempted to build one. My extensive experience of repairing and restoring Stickley antiques for major New York galleries gave me hands-on knowledge of how the masters of a hundred years ago constructed their furniture.

But my first designs were not reproductions of those antiques. I realized that some desirable forms were not made 100 years ago, such as coffee tables or sofa tables, or custom designs to fit a certain need or space.

I am passionate about wood and the process of crafting it into something useful and beautiful. I love the smell of working it, the infinite variations in the grain of each board and the sensuous feel of a well-made joint or detail.

My workshop is a converted carraige house behind our 1915 bungalow in a small village in the central Catskills. I do not have a factory or any employees. Each piece is designed, constructed and finished by myself with careful attention to every detail. I hope you like them.