About Andy Phipps

Andy Phipps is the artist and designer behind the fine woodworking and wood arts on this site. He has both experience and education in the arts. He earned his Bachelor of Fine Arts in Ceramics and Sculpture in 1993 from Northern Arizona University. Andy taught ceramics and sculpture at Bucks County Community College in Newtown, Pennsylvania for over seven years. He worked with well-known glass artist Prentice Hicks in Chattanooga, TN. Andy has worked with wood forms for twenty years while pursuing many other areas of art. Over the past ten years, wood has become his main passion, but he also skillfully integrates his knowledge and experience with other areas of arts and crafts into unique, functional wood art.