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.