Brian Millspaw

Brian Millspaw is a self taught furni­ture maker whose work blends tradi­tional craft with contem­po­rary design. Based in rural south­west­ern New York, he has worked as a profes­sional wood­worker since 1996, devel­op­ing his skills in cabi­net­mak­ing, wood­carv­ing and furni­ture manu­fac­tur­ing. Millspaw’s prac­tice reflects a life­long commit­ment to expand­ing the possi­bil­i­ties of func­tional wood furniture.

In 2024 Brian was awarded a NYSCA support for artists grant for his project ​“Inno­va­tion from Tradi­tion” a modern inter­pre­ta­tion of Jamestown’s furni­ture making history. He has shared his exper­tise as a visit­ing artist at PennWest University’s Wood/​Furniture Design program and his work was featured in the 2025 exhi­bi­tions Craft­ing Home at the Fowler-Kellogg Art Center and in Craftforms2025 at the Wayne Art Center . 

For 2026 Brian has sched­uled a resi­dency at The Wendell Castle Work­shop, a fellow­ship at the Center for Furni­ture Crafts­man­ship and will be complet­ing a NYSCA grant funded project ​“Bending Tradi­tion” Windsor chair­mak­ing in the 21st century