Team Category: Guest Teacher

Award winning furniture designer and maker Michael Fortune passes on his knowledge and experience by teaching woodworking and design around the world.

Aspen Golann is an artist and a 17th & 18th century-style furniture maker living in North Carolina. Her furniture work blends contemporary art with classic American furniture forms to make subtle statements about power dynamics in the world of craft. Golann’s work has been exhibited nationally and is published in Fine Woodworking Magazine, American Period Furniture, Lost Art Press Blog, Luxe Magazine, Art New England, and artscope.

Frank Strazza builds heirloom quality furniture one piece at a time in his small studio workshop in Central Texas. He uses traditional joinery throughout and utilizes handtools for much of his work. He has won multiple Awards for his work and has participated in building furniture for the White House in Washington D.C.

Matt Kenney is a professional box and furniture maker living in the United States. Not too long ago, he spent a year designing and making 52 unique boxes. He undertook the project as a means to improve his design skills but found that the woodworking community at large was interested in what he was doing,…

David Heim is the publisher and author of, “Sketchup Success for Woodworkers.” Having literally wrote the book on SketchUp he loves sharing his knowledge and experience of woodworking and design with students at the Austin School of Furniture and Design.