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Jeff Driesbach: art furniture and accessories

New England Furniture Craftsmanship

The concept and custom furniture craftsmanship that comprise Rustic FoRRest pronounced "Rustic-FoR-Rest", is brought to you by Jeff Driesbach of Worthington, Massachusetts. Jeff selects his furniture materials from the New England woods and he taps into the rich artistic heritage of the area to bring you great decorative furniture products.

Jeff not only likes what he does ... he is passionate about the total production cycle. He selects the wood from his back yard foRRest, prepares the raw wood months in advance of assembly, and builds custom furniture pieces that are wholesome and esthetically pleasing.

When each piece is completed to Jeff's exacting standards, he signs and dates his work before it leaves his woodworking shop.

Mark Cassell: art furniture and accessories

Based in Kent, United Kingdom, Beneath features original designs and artwork by Mark Cassell. At 27 years of age, a published author and designer of Beneath, he now runs the company and all trade concerned, both retail and wholesale.

In the comfort of his own workshop, he enjoys creating new and wonderful ideas for the novelties of Beneath that has proved to be well received by many. And now, aside from trading at craft fairs and the like around the UK, Mark takes pride in the knowledge that the unique and quirky traits of his designs have now spread to customers as far and wide as Australia, Asia and the States.

Frank Kiska: art furniture and accessories

My name is Frank Kiska & myself & my wife Carmen are the owner-operators of Northern Lights Woodcraft here in Gooding, Idaho. After 22 years in the Furniture Restoration, Repair & Refinishing business back in Pennsylvania�we pulled up stakes & moved to Idaho in 2003.

Throughout the years in the Restoration Business, we came across virtually any style of furniture that has been made over the past 200 years. The different types of woods, finishes and joinery were always fascinating to us�especially on the older (100 years or more) pieces. The reason that these particular pieces have survived so long is that they were built to last. The craftsman who built them used only the best lumber and assembled these pieces with glued joinery methods that made the finished product rock solid. These master craftsman knew better than to use nails or screws to assemble joints�they knew that this would never hold up in the long run. The way they did their woodworking took a lot of time and patience and the fact that their products are still around today is a tribute to their craftsmanship.

In the �disposable� society that we live in today, it is hard to find a product that will stand the test of time. In our years in the Restoration business, we have learned how to build a quality product that will last for generations� using the principles of lumber selection and joinery that the old masters used. All of our Jewelry Boxes are built this way and if properly taken care of will last for a very long time. Maybe in about 100 years, a Restoration Artist will look at one of our boxes and put us into the same category as the Master Craftsman that I talked about. It would be an honour to be associated with them.