Mike Korsak

Mike Korsak makes custom furniture in an outbuilding he renovated beside the house in Pittsburgh, Pa., where he lives with his wife, Jen, an assistant professor of microbiology. Largely self-taught as a furniture maker, he traces his interest in woodworking to his grandfather, an avid hobbyist. Korsak studied wood products at Penn State and later worked as a timber framer and carpenter and as a designer of timber-frame structures. After taking informal classes with Garrett Hack, he shifted his focus to building fine furniture.