Twelve-week Intensive Faculty

Mantis sideboard by Neil Erasmus. West Australian blackbutt, ebony, cedar of Lebanon, jamwood, and pig skin suede (71"x33.5"x21"), 1999

Neil Erasmusis a third-generation furniture maker in Perth, Australia who has worked for the past 20 years in partnership with his wife, Pam. Their work includes one-off commissions, limited edition production runs and exhibition work. In addition, Neil has taught at the Australian School of Fine Wood in Dwellingup and the Australian School of Fine Furniture in Tasmania. Over the years he has written numerous articles for Australian Wood Review. For more on Neil, visit www.erasmusdesigns.com.

Lang Table by Adrian Ferrazzutti, pau ferro, ebony, and hickory (60"x30"), 2005

Adrian Ferrazzutti is a self-employed furniture maker in Guelph, Ontario. A 1998 graduate of the Fine Woodworking Program at the College of the Redwoods, he also teaches at Inside Passage School of Fine Woodworking in British Columbia and Rosewood Studio in Ottawa. Most recently, a chair by Adrian was featured on the back cover of Fine Woodworking (December 2007).

Signature Rocking Chair by David Haig, sycamore, 1996

David Haig is one of New Zealand’s leading furniture makers, with 23 years’ professional experience. He is based in Cable Bay, near the town of Nelson, and his clientele extends from Hong Kong to Geneva to New York. His award-winning work is characterized by graceful use of steam-bent, curvilinear forms. David writes for Australian Wood Review and has taught extensively here and at two schools in New Zealand, the Nelson Marlborough Institute of Technology and the Centre for Fine Woodworking.

Flower Power Chest by Brian Reid, cherry with various veneers, cedar-lined interior (48"x25"x35"h), 2006

Brian Reid is Coordinator of our Studio Fellowship Program, lives in Rockland, Maine, and splits his time between building studio furniture on commission and teaching at the Center. He is a 1995 honors graduate of England’s Parnham College and has served as Visiting Lecturer in the furniture programs at San Diego State University and the University of Wisconsin, Madison. His work has been published in American Craft and Woodwork magazines, and he exhibits in galleries and craft shows nationwide. For more on Brian visit his web site: www.brianreidfurniture.com.

Triangle Tables by Tim Rousseau, walnut and glass (14"x12"x20"), 2006

Tim Rousseau divides his time between building furniture on commission in Appleton, Maine and teaching at the Center. Following his initial training in our Twelve-week Intensive, from which he graduated in 1998, Tim spent two years working in a multifaceted group shop in Hoboken, New Jersey before returning to Maine to set up his own business. In 2002 and 2003 he served as the Center’s Resident Instructor, running our Workshop Program and teaching alongside of visiting faculty. Since then, he has been a lead instructor for the Twelve-week Intensive. His furniture is shown in galleries and exhibitions throughout the Northeast. For more information visit www.timothyrousseau.com.

View From the Ancestral Hearth, folding screen by Pete Schlebecker, ash and copper (84"x12"x80"h), 2005

Pete Schlebecker, the Center’s Staff Instructor and Facilities Manager, has been a studio furniture maker since 1984 and earned an MFA in Furniture Design from the Rhode Island School of Design in 2004. Pete was co-founder of the Alexandria Center for Woodworking Arts in Alexandria, Virginia. He has recently written for Fine Woodworking and was juried into the Furniture Society’s 2006 exhibition “Show us Your Drawers.” He teaches the Multiples Project and Finishing for the Comprehensive.

Cherry Console Table by Liza Wheeler (54”x14"x32"), 2005

Liza Wheeler has been a woodworker for eighteen years, first as a carpenter, then as a cabinetmaker in a commercial shop. She studied cabinetmaking and fine woodworking at Seattle Central Community College, and in 1996 she began her own business building cabinetry and commissioned furniture in Liberty, Maine. In recent years, Liza has served as an instructor for our Basic Woodworking, Twelve-week Intensive, and Nine-month Comprehensive courses, in addition to pursuing her own work.

Xegur table by Toby Winteringham, Brown Oak burl veneer (48"x14"x32"), 2005

Toby Winteringham is a self-employed furniture designer/ maker in King’s Lynn, Norfolk, England. From his two-person shop he makes a wide variety of contemporary furniture and furnishings, much of which employs veneer and marquetry. Toby earned a post-graduate degree in Furniture Design from the Royal College of Art in 1978 and is a Fellow of the Society of Designer Craftsmen. He teaches the veneering and bending project.