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   Asheville Waynesville area woodworker Gregory Paolini designs and builds hand made furniture and custom cabinets and cabinetry

 

 

 

Gregory Paolini

Artist :: Author :: Craftsman

 

Gregory in the workshop, Iron Duff, North Carolina :: Photo by Matt Kenney, courtesy of Fine Woodworking Magazine

 

Gregory Paolini designs and creates some of the finest furniture in the world from a small workshop, nestled in the mountains of Western North Carolina, .  His work has been featured in numerous books,  magazines, and newspapers,  including the preeminent Fine Woodworking Magazine.  In addition to making sawdust and wood shavings, Gregory has authored freelance articles and advice columns for several publications, including WoodworkFine Woodworking, and Cabinetmaker magazines.

Born and raised in Buffalo, NY,  Gregory began woodworking after inheriting some hand tools, and built his first piece of furniture when exposed to the world of precision woodworking through a pattern making class in high school during the mid-eighties.    Gregory explains: “I was blessed in a way – I had hand tools but couldn’t afford power tools.  I was forced to learn traditional, old world craftsmanship:  Hand planing, joinery, dovetailing. I salvaged wood from pallets and where ever I could, and put into practice the techniques I learned from books.”  

 Today, Gregory expands upon his woodworking knowledge by continuously pushing his designs to the next level, and new horizons, while keeping a mindful eye of the details.  “I pay a lot of attention to the little things – I’ve come to realize that often it is the littlest things that make the biggest difference."  Gregory closed with the following philosophy: " I accept that no man’s work will ever be perfect, but it’s my responsibility to craft each piece as close to perfect as my creator will allow.”

 

Books, Newspapers,  and assorted  Media
2009 Build a Bow Arm Morris Chair Video - Fine Woodworking
2008 Shelves, Cabinets & Bookcases - Taunton Publishing
2008 The Guide - Mountaineer Publishing
2008 The Mountaineer - Waynesville, NC 
2008 Mountain Xpress - Western North Carolina
2008 Video "Cut Through-mortises with a router" - Fine Woodworking
2008 Arts & Crafts Bookrack - Project Plan - Taunton Publishing
2007 The Mountaineer - Waynesville, NC 
2007 Shop Improvements - The Taunton Press
2007 The Biltmore Beacon - Asheville, NC
2006 Woodworking with the router - Reader's Digest Publishing
2006 The Mountaineer - Waynesville, NC 
2006 Furniture - Taunton Publishing        
2006 Hand and Machine Joinery  - Taunton Publishing
2006 Arts & Crafts Bookcase - Project Plan #9 - Taunton Publishing

                 

Magazines
2009 Fine Woodworking Magazine 
2009 STYLE 1900 Magazine
2008 Fine Woodworking Magazine 
2008 Woodwork Magazine
2006 Fine Woodworking Magazine - Project Plan number nine
2005 Fine Woodworking Magazine
2005 Tools & Shops by  Fine Woodworking Magazine
2005 Cabinetmaker Magazine
2004 Fine Woodworking Magazine
2004 Cabinetmaker Magazine

 

Seminars, Lectures, & Demonstrations
2007  20th Anniversary Grove Park Inn Arts & Crafts Conference
Grove Park Inn Arts & Crafts Conference - Asheville, NC
The Arts & Crafts kitchen
2006 Rockler Woodworking & Hardware - Clarence, NY
Veneering & Vacuum Pressing
2004 Roycrofters At Large Association - East Aurora, NY
 Hand Tool Techniques

 

Juried Shows & Exhibitions
2009  Dual Personalities :: Grovewood Gallery :: Asheville, NC
2008 It's a small, small work :: Showing at Gallery 86 :: Waynesville, NC
2008 Haywood County Arts Council Studio Tour - Haywood County, NC
2008 Hand crafted home renaissance at Mountain Air - Burnsville, NC
2007 Haywood County Arts Council Studio Tour - Haywood County, NC
2005 Roycroft Summer Festival - East Aurora, NY
2004 Roycroft Summer Festival - East Aurora, NY
2003 Roycroft Summer Festival - East Aurora, NY

Just some of the books, newspapers, and magazines to feature the hand made furniture, cabinetry, and work of Gregory Paolini :: Asheville / Waynesville North Carolina

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