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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
Fine Woodworking Digital Class Instructor
2025 & 2026
Philadelphia Furniture Workshop
Philadelphia, PA - 2024 & 2025
WoodenBoat School
Dear Isle, ME - 2025
Guest Demonstrator
Brandywine Museum of Art, 2025
Visiting Artist
Penn Charter, 2025
Penland School of Crafts
Bakersville, NC - 2025
Pinecroft School of Woodworking
Berea, KY - 2024 & 2025
Wendell Castle Workshop
Scottsville, NY - 2024 & 2025
RISD Guest Lecturer
2024 & 2025
Pocosin School of Fine Craft
Columbia, NC - 2024
Center for Furniture Craftsmanship
Rockport, ME - 2023, 2024 & 2025
HatchSpace
Brattleboro, VT - 2023 & 2024
Florida School of Woodwork
Tampa, FL - 2023 & 2025
Fine Woodworking Magazine Ambassador
2023
Wharton Esherick Museum
Malvern, PA - Jan 2022 - Present
Goggleworks
Reading, PA - 2022
A Workshop of Our Own
Baltimore, MD - 2020 & 2022
Co-Owner, Woodworker, & Instructor, Lohr Woodworking
Limerick, PA — 2012-2021
PUBLICATIONS & MEDIA
Creator and instructor of Box-Making and Building Tambour Doors digital courses for Fine Woodworking
Hurricane Cabinet featured in American Craft Magazine, Fall 2024
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
EXHIBITIONS
Featured artist in Nation of Artists, 2026-2027
Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia PACraftBuild: Intention in Process hosted by CraftNOW, October 28 - November 16, 2025
Design Philadelphia, Philadelphia PASecond Career Makers, March 15 - April 20, 2025
Peter's Valley Gallery, Sandyston NJInGrained, December 2– January 20, 2024
Wayne Art Center, Wayne PANew Work by Faculty, June 14 – September 11, 2024
Messler Gallery, Rockport MENew Work by Faculty, June 16 – September 6, 2023
Messler Gallery, Rockport ME
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