Mira Nakashima is the director of the Nakashima studio in New Hope, Pennsylvania. Her father George Nakashima was a pioneer furniture craftsman, architect, and woodworker whose deep respect for the natural forms and flaws of wood guided his creations. An architect, Mira continues her father’s furniture making today, producing his designs as well as her own, in the same workshop he set up over 60 years ago.
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