Greg Harkins

Greg Harkins

Canton, MS

Wood

Chairs

Guild member since 1979

Greg is world renown for his craft. His creations are in more than 20 countries and in the homes of famous people such as former presidents Bill Clinton, George Bush, Ronald Reagan, and Jimmy Carter; Paul Harvey, Bob Hope, George Burns, Pope John Paul II, John Glenn, and many others. His "Plantation Rocker" was presented to all the Southern governors at their conference in 1990. Greg is preserving a virtually dead craft by hand turning parts and using techniques to make extremely durable and fine quality chairs. Each piece is dated and hand signed by Greg and guaranteed for life. Greg hand picks each tree for chair parts. Each chair takes approximately 25 hours to make. His work has been featured in more than 25 magazine articles and four TV documentaries.