EXPERIENCE YOU CAN SEE IN THE WORK

Decades of experience. One-of-a-kind results.

Houston Texas Woodworking is led by Josh Brower, a lifelong woodworker with more than 40 years at the bench, including decades as a professional craftsman, furniture maker, designer, and builder. Alongside his woodworking career, Josh trained as a dental surgeon and earned a law degree, an unusual path that sharpened his eye for precision, detail, and getting the fine points right.

His training runs deep. He completed a formal apprenticeship with a master woodworker, studied and worked alongside accomplished craftsmen across the United States and Europe, and pursued advanced study in woodcarving and sculpting in Austria. That foundation shows in the details: rare and figured woods, carving, marquetry, large-scale tables, and architectural pieces built to last.

Today, traditional craftsmanship meets modern CNC technology in a commercial shop in Santa Fe, Texas. The combination allows for highly customized work, from live-edge tables and one-of-a-kind furniture to architectural installations and sculptural art, for residential and commercial clients throughout Houston and the Gulf Coast.

He teaches free woodworking classes to Veterans and is a disabled Veteran.

Recognized by the woodworking world

• Most Technically Accomplished Award recognition by the editors of Fine Woodworking Magazine

• Published nationally and internationally in Furniture and Cabinetmaking Magazine, Woodworker's Journal, Wood Magazine, American Woodworker, American Router, and as editor of Woodturning Magazine.

• Invited to teach the Wood Magazine staff about the visual figure and character found in wood

• Teacher, demonstrator, and author who shares the craft as well as practicing it

Whether I am hand-shaping a custom electric guitar or engineering a 30-foot live-edge conference table for a corporate headquarters, every build in our Santa Fe shop is executed with uncompromising joinery and architectural endurance."

— Joshua Brower, Founder & Craftsman