Leonard Fieber 

Working with wood, carving and building functional, one-of-a-kind items has been my creative outlet for the past 40 years. My father taught me the skills he learned from his father who was a cabinet maker. I also learned to be patient and to construct a well made and beautiful piece of furniture. My love of the outdoors and the materials found there, have led me to use beaver sticks for my latest work. A hand constructed, original furniture item in your home can only enhance your comfort, and provide your space with a connection to nature. 

Beaver Chew Furniture is a collaboration between the beaver and me with thanks for design advice from my wife, Martha. The newly found materials left by the beaver have been an inspiration to me.

Beaver Chew Furniture, LLC

Working with wood, Carving, and building functional, one-of-a-kind items has been my creative outlet for the past 40 years. My father taught me the skills he leamed from his father who was a cabinet maker. l also learned to be patient and to consiruct a well made and beautiful piece of furniture. “My love of the outdoors and the materials found there, have led me to use beaver sticks for my latest work. "A hand constructed, original furniture item in your home can only enhance your comfort, and provide your space with a connection to nature.” 

“Many works actually begin in the canoe in some remote area of Michigan's Upper Peninsula. As | collect the Sticks, | am visualizing how they will create my next piece.”

Exhibits, Shows, and Awards 

  • Art on the Rocks, Marquette, MI. Best in Furniture 2012 and 2014 
  • Featured on “Discovering”. Television documentary on nature in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan. February 2012
  • “Tables” - Lark Studio Series Publication — August 2011
  • North of the Bridge — Crooked Tree Art Center — Petoskey, MI — May thru August 2010 ;
  • “500 Tables” Published by Lark Books — May 2009 — 
  • Style West — Buffalo Bill Historical Art Center, Cody, WY — Sept. 25-27" 2008
  • Adirondack Museum Rustic Fair, Blue Mountain Lake, NY — 2006-07. “Most Original Design” Award in 2007
  • “Studio Furmiture Show” at the Crooked Tree Aris Center in Petoskey, Michigan, August 3” thru September 17", 2005
  • “Artists of the U.P.", at the Devos Museum, Marquette, Michigan, May 24, thru June 25" 2005
  • “Northern Exposures” at the William Bonifas Fine Art Center, Escanaba, Michigan 2003 thru 2005
  • “From and About Naiure* Two-person exhibit with my wife Martha, a fiber artist, at Riverfront Art Center, Stevens Point, Wisconsin. April 2™ thru May 16™ 2004
  • SOFA, Chicago, Ill 2003 and 2004
  • Market Square Art Fair in: Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin, 2004, First Place in Three Dimensional Work.
  • Art in the Park, Petoskey, Michigan Award winner in 2002

Art Education

Beaver Chew Furniture — Manistique, Ml — 2000 - Present

Furniture Touch-up and Repair — Green Bay, WI — Owner of commercial and residential furniture repair business— 1993-1999

Executive Office Interiors — Green Bay, WI — Service Manager for commercial furniture company 1990-1993

Mohawk Finishes - Amsterdam, New York - Workshops in furniture touch-up 1984, 1985, 1986

Woodcarving - Northeast Wisconsin Technical College - 1998

Furniture Design and Construction - Self Taught - 1972-Present

Leonard Fieber 
Beaver Chew Furniture — 
P. 0. Box: 216 
Manistique, Michigan 49854
906-236-1635 
www.beaverchewfurniture.com