John Amdall is a retired engineer who has pursued woodworking for over 50 years, including taking classes at the Marc Adams School for over 20 years as well as assisting Michael Fortune several times each year since 2016. Since retiring in 2011, he has embarked on a new journey each year and for the past five years has been developing his upholstery skills. Learning upholstery has opened new horizons that have allowed John to develop sculptural contemporary chair designs and help several nonprofits and museums with their reupholstery needs. John is all about learning and is a well-respected instructor who frequently teaches classes on a wide variety of topics.