Awards & Press

Awards

1st Prize Instructables Furniture Challenge

February 2012

Project: Large Stepped Cabinet
Project Notes: The largest single piece of furniture I’ve ever made is this stepped cabinet. Finished piece is 8 ½’ tall and over 10’ long. This project has been great, although it almost fell over on top of me at one point

2011 Residential Furniture Freestanding Winner

November 8

Project: Elaine’s Bed
Project Notes: Solid steam bent Black American Cherry arches with bridle joints at the intersecting parts let into angled dados in the frame. Birdseye Maple bullets were turned on a machine lathe in order to keep the tolerances. Tall side rail panels were veneered using a Vac u Press and Durabond. The project was finished in hand-rubbed lacquer

Blogs

Home Workshop.com – Merging Form and Art
April 2010

Designer Monthly – 2010 Architectural Digest Show
April 2010

Just Browsing – Artistry on Display
October 2006

Television & Video

Nojo Design – Upholstered Wood Bench from Charley Rose on Vimeo – Paradise City
October 2008

Woodworking… In Action: April 2008, Issue 11 Gallery – The Majestic Workshop of Jo Roessler

Woodworking… In Action: January 2008, Issue 10 Gallery – Machine Processes – A Pair of Small Doors

WGBY – Paradise City Fall 2004 Collection
October 2004

Home and Garden Television – Modern Masters, episode MAS-705

Magazines

Preview Magazine – Massachusetts –Building a Connection | Furniture maker Jo Roessler brings his organic design to the table.
April 2012

Arts and Crafts Home and the Revival – Bed by Name – Featuring Nora’s Bed
Summer 2010

The Artful Mind – Jo Roessler, Nojo Design, Furniture Maker (PDF)
August 2010

Arts and Crafts Home and the Revival – Rosewood In Relief – Featuring Gerrit’s Bed
Summer 2008

Preview Magazine – Mr. Majestic (PDF)
Spring 2006

Books

Wood Art Today 2 – Jeffrey B. Snyder, Editor

Wood Art Today, Furniture, Vessels, Scuplture – Dona Z. Meilach

Craft Furniture: The Legacy of the Human Hand – Dennis Blankemeyer

The Custom Furniture Sourcebook – A Guide to 125 Craftsmen – Kerry Pierce

Fine Woodworking: Design Book 7: 360 Photographs of the Best Work in Wood – Taunton Press