03/14/2026
NEW BLOG POST with the talented greenwood furniture maker, Aspen Golann! Aspen is an artist & furniture maker blending furniture forms with sculpture and social practice.
Aspen was trained as a 17th-19th century woodworker, graduated from the North Bennet Street School, teaches at the Rhode Island School of Design, has been featured on NPR and PBS and published in The New York Times, Architectural Digest, Remodelista, Vogue, Hyperalleric, This is Colossal, Elle, Luxe, Fine Woodworking, and American Craft, has received support from the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Vacheron Constantine, the Windgate Foundation, the United Artists Foundation, Winterthur Museum, the Center for Furniture Craftsmanship and others, she is the recipient of the 2025 Artisan-in-Residence at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2025 United States Artist Fellowship, the 2023 Award in Craft from the Maxwell Hanrahan Foundation and the Mineck Furniture Fellowship from the Society of Arts & Crafts and is the Founder of the founder of the Chairmaker’s Toolbox.
Born and raised outside of Boston, now living and working in New Hampshire, Aspen currently serves on the boards of The Chairmaker’s Toolbox, A Workshop of Our Own, The Furniture Society, and The Society of Arts + Crafts.
Aspen shares about her non-profit the Chairmaker's Toolbox, learning greenwood working and pursuing what is true and authentic to you.