Michael Hurwitz

After considering a career building traditional stringed instruments, Michael Hurwitz studied furniture making under Jere Osgood and Alphonse Mattia at Boston University’s Program in Artisanry. Since the mid-1980s he’s been building custom furniture in Philadelphia, where he was head of the wood program at the University of the Arts. Hurwitz has explored a broad range of materials in his furniture, some ancient, others innovative. An affection for Japanese craft has also profoundly affected Hurwitz’s work, and he has collaborated with a number of traditional Japanese craftsmen, including experts in urushi lacquer, bamboo weaving, and metalwork.