Grant Burger is a custom furniture maker working out of Boston, MA.
He is a 2017 graduate of the North Bennet Street School Cabinet & Furniture Making program and was the first ever recipient of the Alden Artisan Advancement from the New Hampshire Furniture Masters.
A Marine Corps veteran, prior to attending NBSS, Grant received his AST in Construction Technology from Triangle Tech in Pittsburgh, PA.
Grant has been featured in Fine Woodworking, Popular Woodworking, and Pittsburgh magazine for his furniture designs.
Education
Certificate, Cabinet & Furniture Making
North Bennet Street School, Boston, MA
AST, Carpentry & Construction Technology
Triangle Tech, Pittsburgh, PA
Experience
Furniture Maker, Grant Burger Woodworking, Charlestown, MA
Carpenter, Handverker Construction, Pittsburgh, PA
Fabrication Carpenter & Traveling Installer, Lilliput Play Homes, Pittsburgh, PA
Carpenter’s Assistant, C.G. Ulrich Construction & Fine Woodworking, Pittsburgh, PA
Screen Printer, Sales, Gertrude & Ethel Screen Printing, Coos Bay, OR
Screen Printer, Sales, BNT Promotional Products, North Bend, OR
Administration Chief, Corporal, United States Marine Corps, Bridgeport, CA
Courses Taught
“Fundamentals of Machine Woodworking,” North Bennet Street School
“Madison Park Vocational High School Summer Carpentry Program,” North Bennet Street School
“Carpentry,” First Semester, North Bennet Street School
“Intro to Bowl Turning,” North Bennet Street School
“Introduction to Framing,” North Bennet Street School
“Woodworking 101,” North Bennet Street School
Private Instruction, North Bennet Street School
Private Instruction, Pittsburgh, PA (2017 – 2018)
Achievements and Publications
Alden Artisan Advancement Scholarship, New Hampshire Furniture Masters, 2017
“A Wishing Tree for the North End Library,” North Bennet Street School Blog, April 2018
“Rock Star: Not Your Grandma's Chair,” Pittsburgh Magazine, August 2017
“Masterful Helping Hand,” Fine Woodworking Magazine, July 2017
“Marine Corps to Shop Floor,” Popular Woodworking Magazine, February 2017
“Boston Woodworking Student Honored with $1,000 Scholarship,” Woodshop News, December 2016
“Somerville Resident Receives Alden Artisan Advancement Award,” Wicked Local Somerville, November 2016