Lu Ban

Lu Ban

male
Lu Ban (fl. 5th century BC) was a Chinese carpenter, philosopher, military thinker, stateman and contemporary of Mozi born in the State of Lu. His...

Robert Hamada

male
Robert Hamada is a self-taught woodturner on the island of Kauai in Hawaii. His bowls are part of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston and Museum of...
Eliphalet Chapin

Eliphalet Chapin

male, deceased (1807)
Eliphalet Chapin (born in Massachusetts, 1741, died in East Windsor, Connecticut, 1807) was a cabinetmaker and furniture maker in East Windsor,...

John Boson

male
John Boson was a cabinet maker and carver whose work is associated with that of William Kent. It is said that if he had not died at such a...

André Jacob Roubo

male
André Jacob Roubo was a French cabinetmaker and author. The son and grandson of Master Cabinetmakers, he earned that designation in 1774 through t...
Joe Seliga

Joe Seliga

male
Joe Seliga was a master builder of wood-and-canvas canoes in Ely, Minnesota. Seliga was inspired by the elegant Morris canoes of Maine, built from...
Alexander Roux

Alexander Roux

male, deceased (1886)
Alexander Roux was a French-trained "ébéniste", or cabinetmaker, who emigrated to the United States in the 1830s. He opened a shop in New York Ci...
Hermann Steiner

Hermann Steiner

male, deceased (2005)
Hermann Steiner (1913 - November 14, 2005) was a Swiss inventor and businessman. In 1944, Steiner opened his carpenters shop in Liestal,...

Henry O. Studley

male
Henry O. Studley (1838-1925) was an organ and piano maker, carpenter, and mason who worked for the Smith Organ Co., and later for the Poole Piano...

Jamie Allan Kerr

male, 25 years old
Jamie Allen Kerr born 1984, Darvel Scotland. Jamie Kerr is a Master craftsman and the youngest of his kind in Scotland. 'New Woodworking Magazine'...