Wood to most people is a basic material: to burn in a fire, to walk across as a floor, or as a backyard fence.  Whether it's a furniture project or a sculpture, I tend to use simple shapes and designs but select specific pieces of lumber that have unique, intricate graining or color.  The techniques that I apply in creating each piece bring the inner features of the wood, like annual growth rings (grain), natural colors, or tree abnormalities, out to the front of the piece.  When people see my works, I hope they appreciate that each piece of wood is as unique as the shape, structure, location, and color of the formerly living tree that provided it.    

My furniture-making journey began in high school woodshop class in Western Pennsylvania. The rolltop desk that I made my senior year (40+ years ago!?) is the desk that I still use today in my home office. A mechanical engineering degree and a career in the automotive and robotic machine industry are behind me as I now fulfill my lifetime dream of creating handcrafted, high-quality furniture and art.

 Rich Miller - Owner

LOCATIONS

Workshops are located in Howell, MI (assembly and finish) and Prescott, MI (lumber milling and panel fabrication), which is about 100-feet from THE Twisted Tree.