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 The Shelburne Arts Center.

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, a boat building class at The Wooden Boat School and workshops with Bill Coperthwaite at The Center for Whole Communities in Fayston, Vermont.

 

Affiliations:

The Guild of Vermont Furnituremakers: Juried Member & Former President
The Vermont Crafts Council: Member
The Furniture Society: Member

Frog Hollow Galleries: Juried Member

 

Exhibitions:

The Sheldon Museum.
Middlebury,Vermont

The Chaffee Gallery.

Rutland, Vermont

The Shelburne Arts Center. 

Shelburne, Vermont

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