Brian is a full-time designer and fine furniture craftsman based in midcoast Maine near Camden/Rockport. An honors graduate of Parnham College (Dorset, UK), " "he studied under the renowned designer John Makepeace and principal Robert Ingham. He is the 5th from only a total of 8 Americans to have attended this distinguished program. A member of the Furniture Society, he has taught in the Wood Programs at San Diego State University, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Penland School of Crafts, and on many occasions at Anderson Ranch Arts Center.

Brian is currently Fellowship Coordinator and teaches in the 12 Week Intensive at the Center for Furniture Craftsmanship.  In December 2007, he taught a highly successful master class on Veneering at the Centre for Creative Industries, Adam Smith College in Edinburgh, Scotland, where he returns again this winter for his second time.

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