About
Robert Bragg, Designer & Craftsman
"It's an adventure to create original, functional art that unfolds the unique beauty of a log so that others may enjoy and appreciate the beauty, strength, grain pattern and finish."
Robert Bragg
Designer & Craftsman
In the past forty years, Robert has continued to feed his passion for creative woodworking, converting carefully selected hardwoods into ergonomically engineered, functional art. Based on his background and education, Robert has focused his efforts around designing and building wooden furniture to enhance sitting comfort. He has received two patents on his unique ergonomic wooden furniture designs and crafted numerous other fine pieces of furniture.
Galleries & Shows
Other Retail Business
Awards & Publications
Education
Galleries & Shows
- NEW! The Bascom: A Center for the Visual Arts – Highlands, North Carolina
- NEW! Blue Ridge Craft Trails – Asheville, North Carolina
- Grovewood Gallery – Asheville, North Carolina
- Cotswold Furniture Gallery – Stowe, Vermont
- Cotswold Furniture Gallery – Great Barrington, Massachusetts
- Arts Depot – Abingdon, Virginia
- Heartwood Gallery – Abingdon, Virginia
Other Retail Business
- Bob has sold his patented Outdoor Lumbar Lounger with adjustable lumbar in Relax the Back corporate
stores across the US.
Awards & Publications
- In June 2010, Robert presented his rocking chair design and manufacturing approach at MIT in Cambridge, Massachusetts at the Furniture Society Conference entitled “Fusions: Minds & Hands Shaping Our Future”.
- Patent entitled “Rocking Chair with a Cantilever Seat and a Flexible Back Structure”
- Patent entitled “Adjustable, Collapsible Lounge Chair with Lumbar Support” design
- Publications on “Defect Prevention”, “Failure Analysis”, and “Optimizing Manufacturing Processes”
Education
- B.S. in Industrial Technology from Millersville University in Pennsylvania with emphasis on woodworking, metal working, plastics
- Apprenticeship in Foundry Patternmaking
- Advanced Teaching Education in Australia and at University of Maryland College Park
- Mechanical Engineering coursework, Masters and Ph.D. at U of MD College Park
- NEW! The Bascom: A Center for the Visual Arts – Highlands, North Carolina
- NEW! Blue Ridge Craft Trails – Asheville, North Carolina
- Grovewood Gallery – Asheville, North Carolina
- Cotswold Furniture Gallery – Stowe, Vermont
- Cotswold Furniture Gallery – Great Barrington, Massachusetts
- Arts Depot – Abingdon, Virginia
- Heartwood Gallery – Abingdon, Virginia
- B.S. in Industrial Technology from Millersville University in Pennsylvania with emphasis on woodworking, metal working, plastics
- Apprenticeship in Foundry Patternmaking
- Advanced Teaching Education in Australia and at University of Maryland College Park
- Mechanical Engineering coursework, Masters and Ph.D. at U of MD College Park
- In June 2010, Robert presented his rocking chair design and manufacturing approach at MIT in Cambridge, Massachusetts at the Furniture Society Conference entitled “Fusions: Minds & Hands Shaping Our Future”.
- Patent entitled “Rocking Chair with a Cantilever Seat and a Flexible Back Structure”
- Patent entitled “Adjustable, Collapsible Lounge Chair with Lumbar Support” design
- Publications on “Defect Prevention”, “Failure Analysis” & “Optimizing Manufacturing Processes”
- Bob has sold his patented Outdoor Lumbar Lounger with adjustable lumbar in Relax the Back corporate
stores across the US.
