
Newlake Sewing Machine Box
cherry, plywood, elm burl veneer, leather, brass / 2021A custom-fit sewing machine box designed to emulate the shapes, lines, and carvings of Victorian Eastlake furniture.

- About
Amanda Yoder was born and raised in a small town outside of Raleigh, NC to a family of DIYers. After studying musical theatre at East Carolina University, she moved to NYC to continue pursuing a career in the performing arts. When the world turned upside down in Spring 2020, all bets were off. Newly married to another southerner, she left the big city and settled in the mountains of her home state, where she and her husband Blake started a small urban farm and adopted a Victorian farmhouse. The massive amount of change and uncertainty caused by the pandemic and other personal circumstances caused Amanda to reevaluate the trajectory of her artist career. Having grown up around power tools and figure-it-outers, she was only a weekend project away from considering woodworking as the next leg of her creative journey. Things just clicked when Amanda started learning about fine woodworking techniques that could produce something on a totally different plane than a 2x4 bed platform. Amanda is now in her final year of Haywood Community College’s Professional Crafts program and recently launched her furniture business, Coda Wood Studio.
- Region
- Waynesville, NC
- Website
- www.codawoodstudio.com
- Media
- @codawoodstudio
- Professional Status
- Student
Portfolio

Morris Napkin Clip
cherry, dye, stain / 2022A set of 4 clips designed to keep napkins snuggly folded on an intimate dining table. Turned and joined in cherry with an antique finish, inspired by William Morris & Co.’s Rosetti Chair.

Walnut Propagation Vase
walnut, glass vials / 2022Minimal vase or plant baby hotel.

Tulip Cane Pendant Lamp
ash, machined cane, ash veneer plywood / 2022A pendant lamp made of 5 caned panels, creating a flood of warm light above a foyer or intimate dining table.
Sunburst Vase
cherry, plywood / 2021A radial vase made of 16 angular towers of cherry.

Criss Cross Board
walnut, maple / 2022An endgrain chopping block with a high-contrast woven design.

Midnight Mirror
oak, brass, black dye, silver oil paint / 2022An experiment with color, materials, and finish, this simple gothic mirror frame is inlayed with brass wire and brass pins, dyed black and grain filled with silver oil paint.

Newlake Sewing Machine Box
cherry, plywood, elm burl veneer, leather, brass / 2021A custom-fit sewing machine box designed to emulate the shapes, lines, and carvings of Victorian Eastlake furniture.

Welcome Home Chair
cherry, cattail seed, cotton/linen blend fabric / 2022A modern brutalist dining chair inspired by the millwork and original doors in Amanda’s 1903 home. Upholstered using cattail seed from the pond in the back.

Walnut Side Table, or Where She Keeps the Scotch
walnut, machined cane, walnut veneer plywood, dye / 2022An occasional table made of American walnut, walnut veneer, plywood, machined cane, and aluminum hardware. Traditional hexagonal form and hidden door to keep them guessing how you got that nightcap in there.