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My name is Russell Gale. I’m a woodworker in Asheville, NC.

I make furniture because it is what I love to do. It is in front of a bench that I feel most like myself, and in my workshop that I feel most at home. Being a furniture maker is more than just my profession, it is who I am.

Inspiration comes from all over. Sometimes it grows from the idea of an overall form and other times from a specific detail or technique I am eager to explore. It always comes from a desire to put into the world a piece that has a very real presence in a home, a piece that is thoughtfully designed, carefully constructed, and built to last.

I grew up in a small town in the mountains of Western North Carolina.

It was while pursuing a degree in Construction Management from Appalachian State University in Boone, NC that I discovered woodworking.

After graduating, I moved to Fort Bragg, CA to attend the College of the Redwoods Fine Woodworking Program. I completed two years, staying through the last summer to work as an assistant instructor for one of the summer courses.

Upon returning to North Carolina, my wife and I settled in Asheville. I have been working as a woodworker here ever since.

My work has been featured in Fine Woodworking, Woodwork, and Woodworker West, as well as Lark Books’ 500 Cabinets.

I have shown work in California, North Carolina, and, most recently, in Maine at the Center for Furniture Craftsmanship’s show, Regeneration: Fine Woodworkers Under 30.

My studio is currently located at the Grovewood Gallery, next to the Grove Park Inn, in Asheville, NC.