Throughout the past decade, I’ve spent a lot of time acquiring practical skills, learning real-life lessons, and cultivating a standard of excellence as I worked under hardworking people with the intent of serving their cause. Little did I know at the time I would be starting a small business where all of those tools are in fact working to serve my own cause now. After leaving my previous job in 2019, I left Alabama to take a month off in order to recharge and begin to work through what the next season of life might look like. This led me to drive cross county en-route to Northern California where I had previous lived for a few years. During this season of life, Chisel & Wood was born in an old friend's workshop in Northern California with little more than a camera, a used laptop, a few cutting boards, and a passion for the craft of woodworking. That passion was strong enough to change the trajectory of my career and begin a new one. As the draw towards all things woodworking increased, I chose to set aside a year of life in order to attend the Krenov School of Fine Woodworking in Fort Bragg, CA. Upon completion of the school, I got in my car and travelled back to Alabama. I spent the next 18 months building my dream studio shop on a small lot of land where I now work and live in Dadeville, Alabama.

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