Christian Becksvoort

Christian Becksvoort has been a professional woodworker for 40 years and a FWW contributing editor for 25. "After all these years," he says, "I still work alone. Each piece is designed, laid out, constructed, glued up, sanded, and finished by me."He builds between 20 and 30 pieces each year, and they range from chairs, tables, and chests of drawers to lamps, clocks, and small sleighs.

Favorite furniture style? "Shaker, of course."
Favorite rock band? "The Cowboy Junkies."

He is the author of the woodworking classic, the Shaker Legacy (The Taunton Press, 1998).