A little history
When her high school guidance counselor told her that her aptitude tests indicated an ideal career choice would be as a mechanical engineer, architect or artist, Johnna did the logical thing and went into computer science and electrical engineering. After getting a Bachelor’s degree, a Master’s degree and spending ten years in the defense and high-tech industries, she realized that the guidance counselor might not have been a complete idiot after all and went into business for herself as an artist and woodworker. Since then, her work has received a number of awards, including multiple Chesley Awards for Best Three-Dimensional Work from the Association of Science Fiction and Fantasy Artists, and Best in Show at several regional and international shows.
Johnna was born in eastern Massachusetts and attended the University of Massachusetts at Amherst, where she received her BS in Computer Science and her MSECE in Electrical and Computer Engineering. She is a member of the American Association of Woodturners, the Salem Arts Association (Salem, MA), and the Computer Society of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers.
Johnna and her husband divide their time between Maine and Massachusetts.
Articles about Johnna's work
ISW Online has an article on my work, by Matthew Warnock.
The article also appears in print in the September, 2008 issue of Custom Wood Business magazine.
Annalee Newitz of io9.com
also wrote a very nice article about my work in late Summer, 2008.
Page last updated 9 November 2008
