Michael Puryear

Shokan, New York

BARROW CHAIR

2008

Bubinga & Leather

27" X 32" X 29"

Price: $6,305

www.michaelpuryear.com

Michael Puryear has been a self-employed furniture maker for more than twenty years. He works mainly on commission in his Shokan, New York studio and enjoys the problem-solving aspects of design. Michael exhibits widely in museum, gallery, and craft shows. Two pieces were recently purchased by the Newark Museum for its permanent collection and another is in the traveling exhibition Inspired by China.  Michael has taught at both Parsons School of Design and Penland School of Crafts. He currently teaches woodworking at the State University of New York, Purchase.