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While I was in high school in Albany, New York, and in college at St. Michael’s in Winooski, Vermont, I worked during the summers with my grandfather in Schodack, New York, doing masonry and carpentry. My father was developing a swim club and picnic area and as part of that my Grandfather and I built a dinosaur that was 18 feet high and 25 feet long out of reinforcing rods, wire mesh and concrete, as part of the children’s play area within the club. I enjoyed working with my grandfather and this became a good experience in building and learning about materials and design. I began drawing and painting at this time as well. Having earned a bachelors of arts in science, I taught school in NY for a year and then joined the Army. After 3 years of service, I came back to Burlington, Vermont and renovated houses. I rented a small shop to build cabinets for the houses and quickly became interested in designing and building furniture and I began spending all my time in the shop.
One of my first furniture designs was the Vermont Folk Rocker (for which I was granted a patent) followed by many dining chairs, stools, couches, tables, dressers, all kinds of custom work and kitchens. I learned many of the finer points of woodworking from Lewie Johnson, one of my first employees. In the next 15 years we made hundreds of pieces of furniture.
In 1990 I moved my shop to Starksboro and stopped making the huge variety of furniture and custom work and decided to concentrate on making the Rocker. I think of all the prior work, and all the skills learned and knowledge gained as being distilled into one product, the Vermont Folk Rocker. The photos below show some of the pieces made over the years as well as some paintings.
See our products page to see what we are making these days.
Thanks, Jim
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The First Rocker 1975
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Second Style of Arms - Discontinued 1990
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Lady's Rocker
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Child's rocker
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Rocker With Footstool
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Cherry Adirondack Chair
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Gihon River Adirondack Chair
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New Haven River Painting on Pine Hutch
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Bristol Cliffs Painting on Cherry Hutch
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Faux-Wood on Maple Hutch
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Four Poster, Faux-Birch and real Maple
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First Bedroom Set
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Pullout Futon Couch
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Cherry Dresser
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Carving by Lewie |
Pine Hutch
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Bill's Cabinet
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Jim with Mark's Entertainment Center
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Oak Vestibule Cabinet
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Cherry Bookcase
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First Rollover Desk
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Cabriole Leg Desk
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Comfortable Solid Wood Bench
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Trestle Table with Bench in Oak
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Round Oak Drop Leaf Table
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Kathy's Table
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Cherry Dining Set
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Dining Chair with Removable Cushion
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High Stool
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Charlotte Kitchen
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Missy's Kitchen
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Jackie's Kitchen
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Kindling, log and newspaper holder
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Rounded Wall Shelf
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Jim and Rufus
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Painted Lamp
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Bill's Table
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Becky's Cabriole Leg Table
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Susie's End Table
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Utility Table
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Music Stand
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Camm's Lecturn
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Tractor Seat Tripod
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Round Tripod
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Tripod Stool
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First Tripod Stool
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Swivel Seat Tripod
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Yin Yang Table
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The Mutt
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Lewis Creek Farm
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9/11
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New Haven River in Faux Birch Frame
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Cape Cod
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Lewis Creek Farm
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Raquette Lake
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Raquette Lake
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Friend's Meeting
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Champlain Valley
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Starksboro Cows
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Compoc California
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Raquette Lake
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Walton Household
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Grank Geier Sr.
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Jim & Micheal
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Julia & Hannah
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Jeanne
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Starksboro
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Equador
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Raquette Lake
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Bristol Bridge Destroyed By Flood
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Equador
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Walden Pond
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Parsonage Bridge
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New Haven River
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Raquette Lake
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New Haven River
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Bristol Cliffs
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Sugar House
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Cape Cod Nauset
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Raquette Lake
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Painting by My Grandfather
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Painting by My Grandfather
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Jeanne's Chicken
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Raquette Lake by Jeanne
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Rufus by Jeanne
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