Master Craftsman

With its roots in classical architecture and design, Brooklyn-based Foster Reeve creates modern masterpieces in plaster.

Billy Reardon of Centereach has sold hundreds of his handcrafted birdhouses from reclaimed wood.

Scott Woodrick is the owner of Unique Wood Statements, a high-end woodworking shop, in Bay Shore.

David and Jeanie Stiles specialize in the construction of treehouses that range from very basic to uber-fancy with high-end features one would expect to find in any Hamptons home.

One South Fork carpenter specializes in replacing decks, designing, selecting materials, doing renderings and plans, getting permits and building them out with his crew.

Carpentry is everywhere in homes, from bookshelves to moldings, fireplaces to tables and chairs. We live in a wood world where trees are routinely transformed into furnishings around us. But if carving and cutting wood are commonly practiced crafts, Roger Levin has, if not discovered, recently begun a different way of working with wood.

Southampton sculptor James Ding strives to create work that expresses the dynamic and transformative power of love.

East End artist Scott Bluedorn’s work centers around the idea of civilization meeting and clashing in the wilderness.

Zachary Nguyen, the owner of Torii Koi and Pond, has become the master on Long Island of creating koi ponds.

Gregg Klewicki, also known as Gregg the Woodcarver, has left his mark on Long Island and is continuing to do so. Bear carvings are his signature, particularly benches flanked by two brown bears holding up the seat with their paws.