Northwest Fine Woodworking
John Thoe

Northwest Fine Woodworking has allowed me to develop 3 high end dining furniture designs as well as a couple of carving jobs each year. I’ve built over 120 dining sets and three years ago I passed the 1000th chair mark. 90% of all my work comes from this gallery! Because of this exposure I have been able to expand my design work, so that in the last two years several designs have been published in fine furniture and wood art books. The quality of work by all the members of this gallery continues to spiral upward.
Northwest Fine Woodworking
Carving has been a passion of mine since first taking carving lessons in Norway for a year in 1970. Using the northwest wood of fir in a vertical cut, the linear lines show depth like no other wood I know. Notice the shoes and how the straight grain flows in and out. Dance and ballet are a fluid art form - I thought this material would
capture a single moment in a pirouette and reflect back to the viewer.

Northwest Fine Woodworking
101 S. Jackson St. Seattle, WA 98104
206-625-0542
www.nwfinewoodworking.com