Salisbury Artisans, rich in history, is now David Bowen’s cabinet shop.
“My aesthetic is based on proportion, appropriateness of style, and showing the beauty of wood. My skill set includes custom designs, reproduction, modern, mission, studio/art furniture and architectural woodworking. Namaste” ~ David Bowen
This Artisan’s Biography
David was introduced to woodworking as a child by his Swedish grandfather, Axel Benson, a Boston area builder of fine cottage style homes of the mid 20th century. A home built by Grandfather Axel is featured on the back cover of “Bungalow Colors” by Robert Schweitzer .
David pursued woodworking during and after college with positions in high-end wood shops on both the east and the west coasts.
In the 1970’s, David moved to the San Francisco Bay Area. There he worked on the Federal H.U.D. project restoring the Victorians at Fillmore and Sutter Streets. As site carpenter, David historically restored the millwork on the relocated Victorians. Other San Francisco projects were on Nob Hill and the cottages of the verdant Filbert Steps of Telegraph Hill.
After working trim carpentry and casework jobs in Palo Alto, Mill Valley, Berkeley, Napa, and on a Sonoma vineyard estate, David met and married his wife Priscilla. They settled in Woodacre, CA where David took the position of wood shop foreman for Nutmeg Kitchens in Novato, CA.
In the 1980’s, back home in the the nutmeg state, David established Lakeville Woodworking on Farnam Road. Here David and his wife raised their two children. In 1997 they purchased Salisbury Artisans, an historic wood shop and home on Factory Street.
The 2014 opening show of the Gallery Arts Guild in Lakeville, CT featured one of a pair of bistro tables inspired by cafe tables David saw in Verona, Italy. It was reviewed as “the very good part” of the show.
Also in 2014, the Sharon Land Trust called upon local artists to create pieces from a pair of iconic fallen twin white oaks trees. David designed and built twin console tables. The well received show “Reflections” was put up at the Tremaine Gallery of The Hotchkiss School in Lakeville, CT.
An interview of David, “DO THE beautiful thing,“ by C.S. Wismar, was published in the June 2017 Main Street Magazine.
New England Home Magazine’s February 2018 issue features David’s kitchen cabinetry, vanities and pergola as part of the renovation of a 1776 home and mill by a waterfall.
Country Home Magazine’s Fall 2018 issue features David’s library, pergola, kitchen cabinetry, laundry room, vanities and more in the article “Making History.”
