Sun Woodworking

Employee size

2-10

Headquarters

White Hall, MD

From a rural shop in White Hall, Maryland, Sun Woodworking makes custom furniture and teaches hands-on woodworking, with a particular focus on chairmaking and green woodworking. Mike Clarkson draws on work with John Alexander and Drew Langsner, more than 12 years running a sawmill, and teaching experience with Baltimore youth to guide small classes in traditional techniques such as steam bending. The shop also produces steam-bent firewood carriers and benches for Nature Sacred’s urban quiet spaces.

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