The Custom Furniture Sourcebook - Softcover

Sitting down to a custom-built dining table, or storing linen in a truly unique armoire...it is a dream for people who embrace quality and custom woodworking. You may have the skills, the tools and the time for furniture building yourself, but what you really need is inspiration...This full colour book profiles the work of 125 of North America's leading craftsmen furniture makers. It features information about each craftsman's style, working methods and style of furniture. It contains over 500 full colour photographs which showcase beautiful custom-made pieces of furniture. If you are a collector and wealthy enough, it answers all the questions you might have about buying or commissioning pieces from these craftsmen, what it might cost you, and practical stuff about shipping and methods of payment, web sites and contacts. If you are a woodworker: enjoy! - this book contains the inspiration you need to create your own pieces.

Kerry Pierce has been a professional woodworker for more than twenty years and is the author of several woodworking books, including The Wood Stash Project Book. He has taught at the Marc Adams School of Woodworking and his pieces can be seen in galleries and exhibits throughout Ohio. Kerry lives in Lancaster, Ohio.