Allie Larkin is a North Carolina based artist and maker working primar­ily in wood and metal. They hold a BS in Biochem­istry and are complet­ing a BA in Studio Art with a concen­tra­tion in Sculp­ture. They have assisted work­shops in black­smithing at John C. Camp­bell Folk School and wood­work­ing at Penland School of Craft. These expe­ri­ences have deep­ened their commit­ment to craft and sharing knowl­edge through making. Their prac­tice centers on crafted, func­tional objects that rework famil­iar forms from every­day life. They approach making as an ongoing exchange with mate­r­ial, where form devel­ops through sustained atten­tion, repe­ti­tion, and respon­sive­ness to mate­r­ial behav­ior. Their work explores how this atten­tive­ness can carry into objects, invit­ing closer atten­tion, curios­ity, and embod­ied engage­ment through everyday use.

Casey Quirk is a furni­ture maker from Boston, MA. They earned a BFA from the Rhode Island School of Design in 2020 and currently study Cabinet & Furni­ture Making at the North Bennet Street School. Before train­ing at NBSS, Quirk worked as an illus­tra­tor and graphic designer, and now enjoys trans­lat­ing these sensi­bil­i­ties into their three dimen­sional work. This summer, they completed an intern­ship at a furni­ture restora­tion studio in Newton, MA. They are inter­ested in func­tional furni­ture that subverts tradi­tional forms and inter­ro­gates the rela­tion­ship between bodies and domes­tic objects through­out history. Their work has been shown in Boston, MA and Prov­i­dence, RI.

Born and raised in Mexico City, Jerón­imo Ezquerro’s work is informed by the rich mate­r­ial history and arti­sanal crafts of Mexico. Learn­ing how to sculpt wooden Alebri­jes from master arti­sans Mario and Reina Castel­lanos in Arra­zola, Oaxaca, directed his atten­tion towards the narra­tive and collab­o­ra­tive possi­bil­i­ties of making. By intro­duc­ing the sharing of knowl­edge and stories into the process of making, these traces of inter­ac­tion become part of the object.

Jero studied Indus­trial Design at CENTRO Univer­sity and is currently pursu­ing a Master of Fine Arts in Furni­ture Design at Rhode Island School of Design (RISD). His work has been shown at Design Week Mexico in 2018, 2019, 2022, and 2023; ZONA MACO in 2023; Terri­to­rio Gallery, Venice Archi­tec­ture Bien­nale 2025, RISD Furni­ture Bien­nial 2025, and RISD Furni­ture Triennial 2026.

In collab­o­ra­tion with artist Michel Gantous during Design Week Mexico 2023, their musical drum table was awarded ​“Best User Expe­ri­ence” by Wanted Design founder Odile Hainaut.

Christina Boy’s love for classic modern furni­ture started when she managed the show­room of an office and commer­cial design firm in Bonn, Germany. 

After moving to the US she received her degree in Craft and Mate­r­ial Studies from VCU in Rich­mond, VA and expanded her studies during her 2‑year Core Fellow­ship at the Penland School of Craft in Western NC.

Upon return­ing to Virginia, Christina built a studio on her in-laws farm and is now a full-time studio artist with her shop located at the foothills of the Blue Ridge Moun­tains in Madison, Virginia. She has taught work­shops at Haystack, Arrow­mont School of Arts and Crafts, Penland School of Craft, A Work­shop of Our Own, Pocosin Arts, Chest­nut Creek School of the Arts, and Sawtooth School for Visual Art. Christina shows and sells her work at select Fine Art and Craft shows along the East Coast. 

Ina Trayanouskaya is a Belaru­sian-born furni­ture designer, wood­worker, and artist based in San Diego. She earned a B.A. in Furni­ture Design from Cali­for­nia College of the Arts and brings profes­sional expe­ri­ence in furni­ture fabri­ca­tion, tech­ni­cal design, and project manage­ment. Her work explores the rela­tion­ship between mate­r­ial, form, and func­tion, often moving between prac­ti­cal furni­ture and sculp­tural objects. She is currently return­ing to her inde­pen­dent prac­tice, devel­op­ing custom furni­ture and new work through a hands-on, process-driven approach.

The Furni­ture Society has estab­lished grant oppor­tu­ni­ties for students and profes­sion­als that are exclu­sively avail­able to FS members. Grants will be offered three times a year.

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