I 'm a self-taught woodworker, after
getting bit with the bug during my years at Amherst College. After
graduating in 1982, I moved back to my hometown of Worcester, MA,
where I started Fine Edge Woodworking , and I've been making boxes
and cutting boards ever since. Marilyn Beal , my partner in life and
work, joined me in the business in 1997, after having helped for over
ten years. We usually have one part time helper. Our work is known
for its precise, painstaking craftsmanship, and for its ambitious
exploration of geometric pattern. Our jewelry boxes and cutting boards
have been sold in over 200 galleries across America, including the
Smithsonian museum shop, and the museum shop at the Philadelphia Museum
of Art. Since 1988, we've lived in Colrain, Massachusetts, in the
hills rising from the Deerfield River Valley, in a home that Marilyn
and I built together in the early 90's. The studio is in an old barn
we renovated a few years earlier. We live on land owned by the Valley
Community Land Trust. When
not working in the shop I might be found running or biking the hilly
roads of Franklin County, playing Irish music on my concertina, or
(and not as often as she'd like) helping Marilyn (when she's not at
her loom) in our extensive gardens.