Instructors

Tom McLaughlin

Tom learned to appreciate the fine arts aspect of woodworking in his teens, but an apprenticeship with 73-year old P.A. “Pug” Moore launched his 21 years of making furniture professionally. Tom’s emphasis on combining exceptional materials with traditionally inspired designs has led to his work being acquired by notable museums. Tom is a regular contributor to Fine Woodworking Magazine, and his work has been featured in The New York Times, Wood Magazine, Traditional Home Magazine. He has also received several design awards from the League of New Hampshire Craftsmen.

Tom has been teaching furniture making classes since 1998 and most recently Tom has had the privilege of hosting Classic Woodworking, a PBS TV show that airs nationally. Also, since 2019, along with his wife Kris (aka “The Camera Lady”), he also produces and hosts a weekly livestream event  called Shop Night Live where he spends an hour or more demonstrating about a woodworking related topic, technique or tip.

One of Tom’s proudest accomplishments was serving for 3 years as Chairman of the New Hampshire Furniture Masters Association (NHFMA), an organization he has been a member of since 1998. Along with good friend and fellow NH Furniture Master, Terry Moore, Tom also coordinates NHFMA’s Prison Outreach Program at the NH State Prison, through which inmates receive individual and workshop training as a rehabilitation effort.

Guests

Terry Moore

A Welshman who has lived in the States for nearly thirty years, Terry Moore paved the way for his ultimate vocation as a furniture master when, in 1976, he opened his own woodworking shop, designing and making custom kitchens, architectural woodwork, and musical instruments. When he began developing his own designs, he was soon showing his work at exhibitions throughout NH, as well as galleries in Boston and New York. Many awards for his pieces followed.

Along with three other woodworkers, he formed the Guild of NH Woodworkers and was one of the six founding members of the New Hampshire Furniture Masters Association (NHFMA). He has been published extensively and is actively involved with training inmates in woodworking at the NH State Prison.