Consulting and Collaboration

Paul Schurch

I seek to formulate practical solutions in designs, woodworking processes, the manufacture of art installations, surface decoration, working primarily with wood, metal, and stone. There are often technical and aesthetic challenges faced by designers, architects and manufacturers in a variety of settings. My experience in workshops that fashion things in different ways has helped me understand the many options or directions that a project can have, and choose the best one to be successful. This path has given me the opportunity to collaborate with other artists, talented craftsmen, contractors, architects, interior designers, musical instrument builders, antique restorators, boat builders, and stone carvers here in the USA and abroad. Finding the right idea and design process for any given project sets the stage for determining the best most cost-effective solution.

A partial list of past clients includes Westport Shipyard, Giati Design, Laurie Gross Studios, Becker Automotive, Quatrain, , FACL Inc, Getty Museum, Cleverwerx, William Daily, Oprah Winfrey, Kalef Alaton, C.M.Wright, Ann James Design, Santa Barbara Historical Society……

See * Portfolio for more information

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Education: I have been conducting skill-building seminars for the veneering industry since 1983, universities, schools, colleges, and woodworking clubs throughout the USA and abroad. Marc Adams School of Woodworking, Southwest School of Woodwork, William NG, Cerritos Collage, AWFS in Las Vegas, IWF in Atlanta, North Bennet Street School, MIT in MA, UCSB in CA, and London UK

See * Schürch Woodwork for more information.

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Collaborations: These are works that involve several artists designing, creating and working on installations together that utilize individual skillsets or expertise to complete work that is far greater than one person could achieve, as shown in the examples below.

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