Russell Jensen

Russell Jensen opted into a local cabinetmaking course in Sudbury, Ontario, when the carpentry program he really wanted was full. Turns out it was for the best. Woodworking is his calling. As Jensen says, he would have been “the most precise framer in the world.” When he started Jensen Fine Furniture in 1997, he was most interested in period-style reproductions, but has since moved to a Craftsman style. Fine Woodworking supplied the materials for the bench, and Jensen donated it to a local cancer center in memory of his father, Robert K. Jensen.