EPISODE · Sep 23, 2020 · 58 MIN
Geoffrey Warner Provides Comfort Through His Handcrafted Wooden Stools
from Makers of the USA · host Kristan Vermeulen
Geoffrey Warner, owner, and founder of OWL Furniture has been a furniture maker his entire life. He started his woodworking career crafting guitars and then went to school in Rhode Island to study the craft of furniture and learned from a Danish master, Tage Frid. In 2008, he met with a group of furniture makers and came up with the idea of crafting an ergonomic wooden chair. His father had always been an inspiring icon in his work and told him to take this idea to life even if others thought the idea was crazy. Now he has gone through an ergonomic study thanks to Maine Technology Institute to help complete his craft and offer it to the public, sold thousands of stools to customers looking to better there back and one of his stool seats has been patented.Thanks to Geoff's sister, Jenifer Warner, you can see how these stools can better your back through her graphic expertise. Who knew that the two holes in his stool would provide such comfort for one's back and it gives the stool a look of an owl. While he continues to receive many orders for stools every week, he is also crafting rocking chairs, chairs, and custom pieces for his customers as well. While visiting his shop we got to see Geoff and Madison, a close family member of Geoff's, put together one of his beautiful chairs where the joinery fits like a glove.Please visit OWL Furniture's website to view their products. Feel free to follow them on Facebook and Instagram to get updates on new products and events happening at their studio including what they will be doing for Maine Craft Weekend.Also, please check out the featured musician of this episode, who is Geoffrey Warner the guest on the podcast, and one of his tracks with Heather Jellison, Gotta Stay Home. If you enjoyed this Makers of the USA episode, please leave a rating and review on Apple Podcasts, Spotify or Facebook. Please check out Makers of the USA's YouTube channel, Facebook and Instagram. Thank you all and stay safe and healthy.
What this episode covers
A wooden stool handcrafted in Stonington, Maine that gives the bodies that sit in it a healthy posture; sign me up! Geoffrey Warner came up with the idea of crafting an ergonomic stool back in 2008 when the economy was at a slowdown. After grinding two holes and smoothing out the wood, he took a step back and looked at his craft and thought this looks like an owl. Tune in to hear about Geoff's journey as a furniture maker. From his time spent in Rhode Island with Tage Frid, to moving to Stonington with his family to continue the growth of his furniture collection, to patenting one of his stool seats to be manufactured and used in schools and by dentists, Geoff has come along way and has quite a story to share.
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