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WHO? I am just a girl, holding a saw, hoping I can use it to turn some wood into something functional. I was once a math teacher in Florida but, as it turns out, woodworking in Philadelphia is the kind of applied math in a colder climate I was looking for.
WHAT? I design, build, and finish furniture (and anything else I find interesting) from local Pennsylvania hardwoods. I showcase the material and joinery as the primary design details in my work. I still love to teach. I have been designing and teaching long and short form woodworking courses for over a decade.
WHERE? I live and work in Philadelphia, PA. I do love a chance to take a trip to teach a class or schedule a delivery out of state!
HOW? WHY? I learned this craft beginning with an apprenticeship under a master woodworker, Jeffry Lohr. I have been trained in traditional furniture-making with a deep appreciation for the material and wood science. I love to design things that showcase the properties, figure, and colors of hardwoods. My background in math often shines through in fun angles or repeating patterns in my work.
WORK & TEACHING EXPERIENCE
Tambour Doors & Tiny Drawers Instructor, Pocosin School of Fine Craft
Columbia, NC - 2024
Section 1 of 3-Month Furniture Intensive Co-Instructor, Center for Furniture Craftsmanship
Rockport, ME - 2024
The Elegant Box Instructor, Center for Furniture Craftsmanship
Rockport, ME - 2024
Box-Making Workshop, HatchSpace
Brattleboro, VT - 2023 & 2024
Shaper Tools Master Class, Florida School of Woodwork
Tampa, FL - 2023
Just Joinery Instructor, Center for Furniture Craftsmanship
Rockport, ME - 2023
Fine Woodworking Magazine Ambassador
2023
Wharton Esherick Museum
Malvern, PA - Jan 2022 - Present
Instructor of Spiral Sprout Box Class, Goggleworks
Reading, PA - 2022
Spoon Carving Workshop
Thomaston, ME - 2023
Instructor & Volunteer, A Workshop of Our Own
Baltimore, MD - 2020-Present
Co-Owner, Woodworker, & Instructor, Lohr Woodworking
Limerick, PA — 2012-2021
PUBLICATIONS & MEDIA
Authored “Make a Monogrammed Mirror” (2015), “Success with Slabs” (2017), “Top-Notch Tapering Jig” (2018), and “Top Secret Table” (2019), "Tambour Technique" (2023) in Woodcraft Magazine
Featured member of the Furniture Society, July 2023
Women of Woodworking blog by Katie Thompson, 2018: Read here
Profile in Furniture & Cabinetmaking, Issue 299, May 2021
Authored "Easy to Build Router Table" in Fine Woodworking Magazine, March 2023: Read here
Authored “Continuous grain, mitered door & drawer pulls” in Fine Woodworking Magazine, April 2021: Read here
Fine Woodworking Gallery, Issue #289, April 2021: View here
Women in Woodworking blog for Highland Woodworking: Read here
Guest on Shop Talk Live (Fine Woodworking) Podcast, June 2022: Listen here
iPondr Podcast "Women are carving out a space in woodworking" by Christophe Zajac-Denek: Listen here
RESIDENCIES & FELLOWSHIPS
Arrowmont School of Craft, Pentaculum Residency, May 2022
Center for Furniture Craftsmanship, Fellowship, October-November 2022
Penland School of Craft, Winter Residency Studio Assistant, January 2024
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