Adrian Ferrazzutti of Guelph, Ontario, has over twenty years’ professional experience as a maker of fine furniture and decorative wooden objects. He is a 1998 graduate of the Fine Woodworking Program at the College of the Redwoods in California, where he studied for two years with James Krenov.

Adrian is a multiple Canada Council for the Arts grant recipient, and his work has been exhibited in cities across both Canada and the United States including Toronto, New York and Chicago. Widely published in books and magazines, he is a contributing writer for Fine Woodworking magazine, where his Luna chair was featured on the back cover of the December 2007 issue.

In addition to Rosewood Studio, Adrian has taught at the Center for Furniture Craftsmanship in Maine, Marc Adams School of Woodworking in Indiana and Anderson Ranch in Colorado.

www.ferrazzuttifurniture.com

Garrett Hack's civil engineering background often comes into play designing joinery and in every way trying to design and build furniture with lightness and elegance. Garrett divides his time between making furniture - almost entirely commissions with each piece unique, writing books and articles, and teaching across North America and around the world.

   Garrett is a contributing editor for Fine Woodworking Magazine and has written two books: The Handplane Book, and Classic Hand Tools. In forty years of making furniture, he has created pieces that reside throughout the United States, in Canada, Europe, and in the permanent collection of the Bennington Museum, Bennington, VT.

www.garretthack.com

After retiring from his veterinary practice, Jim Garven completed our 12 Week Craftsman Program in 2015, and has been an integral part of the school ever since. His work most often incorporates curves and bends of some description, fearlessly tackling the challenges of everything from a Hans Wegner Round Chair with a woven cord seat and a one-piece steam bent crest rail, to an acoustic guitar in mahogany, sitka spruce, rosewood and ebony with mother-of-pearl inlay.

Always watchful for anyone that needs a helping hand, he is a talented and valued member of the team here at Rosewood and an outstanding creator of cookies and squares to boot. He lives nearby in Jasper, Ontario.

 Karen McBride creates unique furniture forms with a magical combination of structural and aesthetic elements that push beyond traditional boundaries. Her work is driven by the allure of flowing curves and the desire to achieve a perfect balance between grace and utility.

In 2001 Karen dismantled, relocated and restored a 200-year-old log house to serve as her studio. Hand hewn logs, carved white oak stair risers and trim created with antique molding planes grace her work space in Dunrobin, Ontario, Canada.

In addition to commissioned work, Karen shares her passion by teaching and writing about her craft.

www.woodkiltonstudio.com

 Michael Fortune maintains his studio near Peterborough, Ontario where he designs and makes furniture for residences across North America. His teaching experience includes eight years at Sheridan College, Rochester Institute of Technology NY, the Kootenay School of the Arts BC and numerous courses in summer programs at art centers in the United States. He is active in educating woodworkers around the globe about the responsible use of tropical hardwoods, and in facilitating connections between the woodworking craft and the social and economic growth of underdeveloped countries.

 In 1993 Fortune received the prestigious Prix Saidye Bronfman, Canada's highest award in the crafts. Juried by his peers, he is the first furniture designer/maker to receive this award. In 2007 Michael received the Furniture Society's Award of Distinction. He truly is one of the top North American furniture designers.

 Michael's work is in the permanent collections of the Museum of Civilization (Ottawa), Royal Ontario Museum, Claridge Collection of Canadian Art and Craft (Montreal), Massey Foundation, Ontario Crafts Council Collection, and The National Capital Commission in Ottawa.

www.michaelfortune.com

After studying at the Ontario College of Art, Ron worked as a commercial photographer and graphic designer before turning his attention to furniture. In 1987 he started Carriage House Designs, designing and building limited production and commissioned furniture for clients in both Canada and the United States. In 1992 he moved to Perth, Ontario to continue working on commissions from a studio a stone's throw from his home near Otty Lake.

  While his work is influenced by a wide variety of historical furniture styles, he also draws inspiration from outside the tradition of furniture making. Such diverse sources as traditional Japanese architecture, early 20th century industrial design and the forms of his natural surroundings are all echoed in his work.

  A founding member of The Furniture Society, Ron has an enthusiasm for furniture making and design that he has shared with students at Rosewood Studio since 2002, where he continues to draw on over forty years of experience designing and building furniture.

Tom Fidgen is an author, musician, designer and maker living in Belle Cote, Cape Breton Island.

   “I began my journey into wood working growing up on Cape Breton Island in Nova Scotia. After working for 10 years in the set design industry, traveling from Mexico to Monaco, I started building traditional wooden boats in a one-man boat shop back on the east coast. I thoroughly enjoyed the boat building process, and started using hand tools more and more in my work. When the economy took a turn for the worse, I began building custom furniture using only hand tools and the rest as they say, is history.”
     
Tom has written for Fine Woodworking, Popular Woodworking, and Canadian Woodworking magazines, and is the author of two books, Made by Hand and The Unplugged Woodshop.

From 2016 to 2023, Tom ran The Unplugged Woodshop school in downtown Toronto before returning home to re-open the school in his beautiful native Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia.

www.theunpluggedwoodshop.com

Vic's career in woodworking began after serving 14 years in the Royal Canadian Horse Artillery. Following his honorable discharge, he studied furniture design and making at Rosewood Studio under the guidance of some of North America's top furniture makers. After completing his studies he began designing and building furniture by commission while working at Rosewood as a part-time instructor and craftsman in residence.

Vic went on to become editor at Canadian Woodworking & Home Improvement Magazine, followed by the position of Woodworking Advisor at Lee Valley Tools, where he had the opportunity to help develop tools and travel around the world to teach and present at various conferences, shows, and woodworking events. Today, he runs Vic Tesolin Woodworks and does consulting for woodworking companies around the world from his home and shop in Stoney Creek, Ontario.

Vic is the author of two books, The Minimalist Woodworker and Projects From The Minimalist Woodworker.

www.victesolinwoodworks.com