Norman Pirollo

I design + make furniture as a woodworker and furniture maker at Refined Edge Design and Pirollo Design.  With an education in cabinetmaking, I offer 25+ years of expertise in working with wood. Studies were completed at a fine furniture school to further my furniture making and woodworking skills. I enjoy challenging myself with new techniques and processes. My furniture studio has a mix of hand tools, machinery and power tools. The emphasis is on a hybrid use of both hand tools and power tools and the processes to make woodworking more efficient. In recent years, my award-winning furniture has been featured in the following books: Studio Furniture: Today's Leading Woodworkers, Wood Art Today 2, 500 Cabinets, Rooted as well as Fine Woodworking Magazine and various international magazines. As well, I have been nominated as a finalist for a NICHE 2013 Award. In recent years, five of my own books have been published including "Quiet Woodworking: In An Unquiet World", "Woodworking: From Design to Making", "Start Your Own Woodworking Business", "The Wood Artist"  and "From Hi-Tech to Lo-Tech: A Woodworker's Journey". I currently operate my furniture design studio in a country setting outside Ottawa, Ontario where I teach woodworking skills, create woodworking instructional courses through WoodSkills, as well as designing and creating fine furniture.