Furniture Maker

I photographed a shoot last week for a lifestyle piece in Luxe Magazine. My subject was Ethan Hutchinson, a local furniture maker. We photographed Ethan in his beautiful wood shop in Denver. Ethan does beautiful work and a large part of his process is by hand. One of his rocking chairs goes for about $2500. Here are some photos from the shoot.


Ethan sitting in one of his chairs. His sketches for his chairs are in chalk on the floor behind him. Most furniture builders design on the computer, but he likes doing it by hand.


Ethan surrounded by chairs in various stages of construction.


These last two shots are of Ethan filing down his chairs by hand. It is amazing the amount of labor that goes into a chair. At one point I asked him if he needed a break because he had been going for some time while I took pictures. He responded, "I do this all day".