PROFILE
- Professional cabinetmaker and furniture maker with more than 35 years experience designing, constructing, and managing all types of woodworking projects, from architectural work to piece furniture
- Collagist
- Exploratory vocal coach
EXPERIENCE (selected)
1995 – present, Harpswell, Maine
Studio furniture maker, architectural cabinetmaker, designer and educator
- Commission work (design and construction)
- Designer and maker of the “Heirloom Flower Press”
- Assorted woodworking workshops for groups and individuals
1985 – 1995, Breton Flannery Woodworks , Freeport, Maine
Co-founder and co-owner (1985 – 1993) and Sole proprietor (1993 – 1995)
- Designing and constructing custom furniture and interior architectural detailing. Clients included Thomas Moser, owner of Thomas Moser Cabinetmakers , Elizabeth Noyce, Annette and Rob Elowich, owners of Barridorf Gallery .
1982 – 1985, Thomas Moser Cabinetmakers , New Gloucester, Maine
Furniture Maker (1982 – 1983) and Shop Manager (1983 – 1985)
- Built custom furniture consistent with Moser’s motif specifications, as well as a custom kitchen for Tom and Mary Moser
- Managed all custom projects, as well as 12 employees
EDUCATOR (selected)
1995 – present, Harpswell studio, Maine
- I teach privately and offer assorted woodworking workshops for both groups and individuals.
2013 – present, Mid Coast region, Maine
- “Heirloom Flower Press” presentations and workshops at assorted venues including public libraries and garden clubs, Avena Botanicals (Rockport), and the Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens (Boothbay)
1996 – 2015, Southern Coast, Down East, and Mid Coast regions, Maine
Exploratory vocal coach
- Designed and led a series of non-traditional vocal workshops at a variety of venues
- “Mending the Doorway/Freeing Our Voice” , South Freeport and Eagle Island
- “In the Spirit of Sound” , Alfred
- “SpiritSong” , Topsham
- “ArtSong” , Lower Goose and Little Cranberry Islands
2003 – 2004, Snowmass, Colorado
Faculty, Anderson Ranch Arts Center
- Table Top Veneering (2003)
- Introduction to Woodworking: Tools and Techniques (2004)
1994 – 2003, Rockport, Maine
Faculty, Center for Furniture Craftsmanship
- Fourteen 12-week intensives in furniture design and construction
- Classes in Intermediate Woodworking, Women’s Basic Woodworking, Spoon and Bowl Carving, and Veneering
RECOGNITION (selected)
2017: Bowdoin College Museum of Art, Brunswick, Maine
- "Ancestral Table", a commissioned piece that I designed and built, is now part of Bowdoin’s permanent Decorative Arts Collection.
2009: “Maine Home & Design” magazine, November/December issue
- "New on Mere Point" by Debra Spark
2001: “SOFA CHICAGO”, Furniture Society booth
- One of 10 juried pieces selected from “Tradition in Contemporary Furniture”
1999: Furniture Society juried exhibition
- Selected entry with exhibits at the Appalachian Center for Arts and Crafts (Tennessee) and the Huntsville Museum of Fine Arts (Alabama)
1991: “Greater Portland” magazine, September/October issue
- “A Santa Fe House in Maine” by Alexander Wallace
1990: “Fine Woodworking Design, Book 5”, Taunton Press
- Southwestern-style chair chosen for cover of book