Since studying under master broommaker Annie Hurst Bell at the John C. Campbell Folk School in early 2000, Lenton Williams has literally made hundreds of cob webbers,  hearth brooms, kitchen brushes, whisk brooms, and larger kitchen brooms in the Appalachian Style using the hand tied process and braiding or weaving every broom he makes. Shaker Box Making is his passion and making brooms is his therapy since it is something that can be done almost anywhere and anytime without a lot of preparation.  He teaches broommaking at JCCFS and demonstrates at several festivals each year.

Lenton fell in love with the process of  Shaker oval box making at the John C. Campbell Folk School in early 1999. He then studied box making with John Wilson at Pleasant Hill Shaker Village in Kentucky.  He is very interested in shaker history and studies the methods they used in making oval boxes as well as other crafts.  His travels have taken him to several shaker villages in Kentucky and New England.  He has taught oval box making at the John C. Campbell Folk School for eight years and has instructed at Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts and is actively involved in box making in his Wattsville, Alabama shop.  Lenton is a member of Alabama Designer Craftsmen and Alabama Woodturners Association.

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