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About Randall

After working as a carpenter, electrician, and New England Culinary Institute trained chef, Vermont native Randall Henson found that furnituremaking satisfied his desire to create something of enduring quality and beauty. Traditionally made Windsor Chairs are his focus and he works true to the centuries old methods of construction to build remarkably fine and durable chairs.

Randall demonstrates and teaches furnituremaking at The Shelburne Museum in Shelburne, Canterbury Shaker Village in Canterbury, NH, The Ethan Allen Homestead in Burlington, The Fairbanks Museum in St. Johnsbury, and Shop Talk in Essex.

The first stage of Randall's training was a 2 1/2 year apprenticeship with Timothy Clark cabinetmaker/chairwright. During this apprenticeship, he focused on making Shaker inspired furniture, contemporary Windsor Chairs, and wooden lapstrake boats. Subsequent training included: an intensive one-on-one workshop with master chairmaker David Sawyer; classes at The Windsor Institute with Michael Dunbar; and a boat building class at The Wooden Boat School.

Affiliations:

The Vermont Furnituremakers Guild: Juried Member
The Vermont Crafts Council: Member
The Furniture Society: Member

Exhibitions:

The Sheldon Museum
6/02-9/02
Middlebury,Vermont

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