Meet our client: Minkastudio

Michael Cran is a woodworker, artist, and entrepreneur. When he was in his 20s and still living in Canada, he visited his grandparents at their cabin where he first saw a boat that his uncle had made. After spending time around the boat, he decided that he was going to build his own boat someday. This inspired him to attend Kootenay School of the Arts in British Columbia and study wood products design and metal.

Michael can produce pretty much everything and anything that a client could imagine. He primarily works with high quality wood from local and sustainable saw mills. He creates furniture and sculptures. Michael explains: “It takes a different frame of mind to work on sculpture or furniture. My intuition primarily guides me for creating sculptures. But the precision and planning needed to create a well-built table satisfies a different aspect of my character.”

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