About David Selditz

David was introduced to woodworking while stationed at Ft. Bragg, North Carolina.

He continued woodworking after leaving the military and pursued other career and educational endeavors. Presented with the opportunity to practice woodworking full time, David assembled a small, one-man shop and has been creating gifts and functional furniture accessories since 1994. He has studied the methods of some of the finest woodworkers in the Northwest. Though primarily self-taught, he has attended workshops at the Oregon School of Arts and Crafts, Gary Rogowski at Northwest Woodworking Studio and Daryl Morgan at Evergreen State College. He works one piece at a time without the constraints of a large production shop to ensure a high level of craftsmanship. 

He is also influenced by the similar beauty and function found in American Arts and Crafts. David’s style is recognizable by his artful blend of exotic and native hardwoods, crafted in a manner that pays homage to the philosophy of beauty through simplicity.  His hope is that you will enjoy his work as much as he has enjoyed creating it. 

David has participated in Best of the Northwest Shows in Portland as well as Seattle and the Bellevue Arts Festival.  In 1999, David won the People’s Choice Award in Northwest Fine Woodworking’s Box Competition.  His work is in the private collection of Jack Lenore Larsen. 

David’s work can be seen in Northwest Fine Woodworking in Seattle, Washington, Artwood Gallery in Bellingham, Washington, Zimmer Gallery in Mendocino, California, and Patina Gallery in Santa Fe, New Mexico.