{"id":303,"date":"2025-11-13T12:15:11","date_gmt":"2025-11-13T12:15:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/piperwood.hoodsmart.org\/?page_id=303"},"modified":"2025-11-14T16:37:36","modified_gmt":"2025-11-14T16:37:36","slug":"about","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.piperwoodworking.com\/index.php\/about\/","title":{"rendered":"About"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"303\" class=\"elementor elementor-303\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-250642e e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"250642e\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-r58pi3i e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"r58pi3i\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c1b36fd e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"c1b36fd\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c04ee8a elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"c04ee8a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">ABOUT KURT<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b91e5d3 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"b91e5d3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"font_8 wixui-rich-text__text\"><span class=\"wixui-rich-text__text\">For 27 years, Kurt Piper has been creating \u201cbeautiful and useful things\u201d in his Indian Orchard,\u00a0Massachusetts\u00a0studio.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"wixui-rich-text__text\">Careful acquisition of tooling has created perhaps the best equipped small shop in the region. <\/span><span class=\"wixui-rich-text__text\">he space itself is inspiring. His 3000 square foot main workspace features 16\u2019 ceilings and a wall of full height windows providing beautiful north light. Another 2000 square feet of space offers a fully equipped secondary shop for overflow capacity as well as climate-controlled storage for the broad and deep inventory of hardwoods and veneer.<\/span><\/p><p class=\"font_8 wixui-rich-text__text\"><span class=\"wixui-rich-text__text\">Kurt has a team of skilled craftsmen with whom he collaborates in the production of everything that can be done with wood. From one-of-a-kind artistic furniture, speciality and sculptural items to cabinetry that fulfills the needs of the owners in every detail, they rise to any challenge posed. Intense dedication to their art delivers contemporary design details embodied in a meaningful way, thereby allowing for work that leaves an enduring impression on the lives of those who encounter it. <\/span><\/p><p class=\"font_8 wixui-rich-text__text\"><span class=\"wixui-rich-text__text\">We welcome contact from designers, architects and from individuals. The shop provides cabinetry and furniture principally to the New England states, as well as for projects across the country from Aspen to Lenox, and from Taos to Tampa.<\/span><\/p><p class=\"font_8 wixui-rich-text__text\"><span class=\"wixui-rich-text__text\">Kurt\u2019s work has been featured in shows and galleries in Philadelphia, Providence, Nashville and New York City, as well as in publications around the country.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1009169 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"1009169\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f617b4b elementor-widget__width-auto elementor-absolute elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"f617b4b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_position&quot;:&quot;absolute&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" 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