Michael Mocho

Michael has been a full time craftsman since 1976 with extensive experience in furniture design, woodturning, architectural millwork, pattern making, and stringed musical instruments. He operates a small shop in Albuquerque, NM producing commissioned furniture, contract woodturning, and decorative containers for the gift market. He has completed residencies at the Arrowmont School of Craft, and the International Turning Exchange program at the Woodturning Center in Philadelphia. He is know for his intricate containers that often combine bent wood with turned, carved, and textured components, which have won numerous awards and are in many private and public collections. He has taught at the Anderson Ranch Arts Center, the Arrowmont school of Crafts, the John C. Campbell Folk School, the Center for Furniture Craftsmanship, Peter's Valley Craft Center, several national and regional woodturning symposia, and has presented programs for over 30 AAW chapters across the country.

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