Princetonians: Into the Woods

Garrett Hack ’74

John Sherman

INTO THE WOODS: Garrett Hack ’74’s lifestyle is imbued with an old-world milieu. The artisan furniture maker forgoes power tools in favor of antique implements, particularly hand-held wood planes. He lives on a subsistence farm in Vermont that he works largely by hand and with the aid of a Belgian draft horse, Jazz. Hack says the most satisfying aspect of his career is educating the next generation of woodworkers through seminars that he teaches around the globe.