“Finding inspiration in his wife, three little kids and the beauty of the trees, rivers and fields of the Pacific Northwest, craftsman Greg Klassen creates functional, sculptural furnishings that double as artistic statements from his workshop in Lynden, Washington. Handmade in the truest sense of the word, each furnishing is crafted one at a time, and just as no two trees are the same, each work is also unique.”
~ Western Art & Architecture Magazine
My Story
I started my studio in 2008 with a high-mileage sedan, a box of hand tools, a newborn daughter, and — most importantly — a supportive wife. The recession was in full swing, and I was chasing a dream with more hope than sense.
We got by on small commissions and careful spending, building by day and wondering how to keep going by night. I showed my work in galleries, sold at art fairs, joined studio tours — anything to keep the lights on. Some pieces won awards. Others gathered dust. But I kept making.
Then a table changed everything.
The River Table — born from two live-edge slabs and a piece of hand-cut glass — went viral in 2014. Suddenly, the world took notice. My inbox blew up, and so did demand. That one idea became a collection. The collection became a career.
Today, I work out of a studio I designed and built with my own hands. My wife homeschools our three kids, and that baby girl is now a creative teenager. The work is still hard. But it’s honest. And it’s mine.
If you own one of my pieces, thank you. If you’re dreaming of one — welcome. Each piece carries the marks of the hands that made it — and a story still in the making.
