Geoffrey Warner Provides Comfort Through His Handcrafted Wooden Stools

Geoffrey Warner, owner, and founder of OWL Furniture has been a furniture maker his entire life. He started his woodworking career crafting guitars and then went to school in Rhode Island to study the craft of furniture and learned from a Danish master, Tage Frid.  In 2008, he met with a group of furniture makers and came up with the idea of crafting an ergonomic wooden chair. His father had always been an inspiring icon in his work and told him to take this idea to life even if others thought the idea was crazy. Now he has gone through an ergonomic study thanks to Maine Technology Institute to help complete his craft and offer it to the public, sold thousands of stools to customers looking to better there back and one of his stool seats has been patented.Thanks to Geoff's sister, Jenifer Warner, you can see how these stools can better your back through her graphic expertise. Who knew that the two holes in his stool would provide such comfort for one's back and it gives the stool a look of an owl. While he continues to receive many orders for stools every week, he is also crafting rocking chairs, chairs, and custom pieces for his customers as well. While visiting his shop we got to see Geoff and Madison, a close family member of Geoff's, put together one of his beautiful chairs where the joinery fits like a glove.Please visit OWL Furniture's website to view their products. Feel free to follow them on Facebook and Instagram to get updates on new products and events happening at their studio including what they will be doing for Maine Craft Weekend.Also, please check out the featured musician of this episode, who is Geoffrey Warner the guest on the podcast, and one of his tracks with Heather Jellison, Gotta Stay Home.
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