Hand-crafted custom furniture and millwork business opens in Huntsville
Announcing the Grand Opening of J. Leko Furniture Maker, LLC.
Huntsville, AL - August 2009, J. Leko Furniture Maker, a custom furniture and architectural millwork company, announces its grand opening in the historic Lincoln Mill located in Huntsville. J. Leko Furniture Maker, LLC. brings a new range of custom design and creation capabilities to the Tennessee Valley region and beyond.
J. Leko Furniture Maker, LLC. offers unique services to residential, industrial, and commercial clients including custom design and creation capabilities for furniture and millwork in styles ranging from period to contemporary. “Options include the ability to work in both solid and man-made materials using traditional joinery, as well as modern techniques and adhesives”, says J. Leko, the principal. “We even have a vacuum press which allows us the capability to create curved forms and marquetry, one-of-a-kind images in wood. We enjoy the challenges involved in creating non-rectilinear pieces.”
On the millwork side, J. Leko Furniture Maker, LLC. can construct exact replicas of mouldings and millwork perfect for historic building renovation and remodeling. Working in close association with Clark & Williams, traditional wooden handplane makers from Eureka Springs, AR, Leko is building a complete set of hollow and round moulding planes, the same type of planes used in Colonial Williamsburg. Not only do these planes afford their user complete design control, unlike modern router bits, but they can also save clients money and time. Most contractors do not own a moulding machine nor the facilities to custom grind knives, so clients end up having to wait while either the knives, the mouldings or both are made at the factory. Even then, many times, these mouldings are only offered in a limited selection of woods. J. Leko Furniture Maker, LLC. can reproduce virtually any profile in almost any wood species with no minimum quantity limit using these planes.
Leko studied at the Marc Adams School of Woodworking, the largest woodworking school in North America, and has had the opportunity to work with some of the world’s finest craftsmen. He recently completed their Masters Program with training in joinery, finishing, veneering, marquetry, design, carving, chair making, and turning. Beginning this year, he continues to expand his capabilities through the pursuit of The Marc Adams School of Woodworking Michael Fortune Fellowship, a rigorous program of academic study, technical experience, and personal interaction with faculty, and other furniture making professionals. Leko teaches furniture making classes at the June M. Hughes Arts and Crafts Center on Redstone Arsenal, and his articles have been published in WoodTalk On-Line, and Fine Woodworking magazine.
He provides a consultation service for woodworking issues and is available by appointment. Contact J. Leko Furniture Maker, LLC. by phone at (256) 714-0742, or electronic mail: john@jleko.com.
About J. Leko Furniture Maker, LLC.
J. Leko Furniture Maker, LLC. provides custom furniture design and creation services to Huntsville, AL and beyond. J. Leko, the principal, studied at the Marc Adams School of Woodworking, the largest woodworking school in North America, and has had the opportunity to work with some of the world’s finest craftsmen. He recently completed their Masters Program with training in joinery, finishing, veneering, marquetry, design, carving, chair making, and turning. He teaches furniture making classes at the June M. Hughes Arts and Crafts Center on Redstone Arsenal, and his articles have been published in WoodTalk On-Line, and Fine Woodworking magazine.
Contact: John Leko, phone at (256) 714-0742, E-mail: john@jleko.com, Website: www.jleko.com
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