was born in 1969 in the hills of Vermont. By the time he was in
kindergarten, he spent afternoons in the shop of C.T. Maxham, a local woodworking
luminary. C.T. built Ethan a workbench for his own use. Ethan’s first project was a
bootjack for his boots.
Ethan attended one-room schools in Vermont, then went off to Deerfield
Academy where he became a formidable ski-jumper. After Deerfield, Ethan graduated
from Georgetown University, where he studied American political theory. This all
prepared him for his chosen calling: Woodworker.
Ethan spent 8 years studying with European craftsmen in a shop in the East
Village. He is self-taught, 84%. Having spent 15 years in New York City building,
Ethan had earned enough money to purchase acreage in Pennsylvania, where he moved
with his wife, Jutta, son Arthur, daughter Pauline, and hounddog, Holly, in 2007.
Ethan builds furniture and sculpture in his shop on the Lackawaxen River. He is
glad to pursue his intended avocation, and glad that he has recovered his country roots.
