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With a family linage of woodworking, he was always tinkering or building something
After building and restoring houses, barns and commercial buildings in Virginia,
Kentucky, and West Virginia, he went to Woodland Photography School. A position at
Alterman Studios brought Russell to Charleston in 1984.
In 1986, Russell answered an ad in the classified to work on antique
furniture. With his natural talent and opportunity to hone his restoration skills,
Russell quickly became the master woodworker, master restorer, and shop manager for
the local shop. He worked on pieces placed in major collections such as MESDA,
Colonial Williamsburg Foundation, The Charleston Museum, The John Rivers
Collection, and The Philadelphia Museum of Art.
Russell started his own shop in 1994. Establishing a specialty in inlay restoration, he has
restored important pieces from Charleston, Baltimore, and other cities. These pieces are
now in major collections including the George Kaufman Collection. He received the
Samuel Gaillard Stoney award from Historic Charleston Foundation after reproducing
furniture for the restored Charleston County Courthouse.
After attending all three Summer Institutes, Russell now teaches wood identification in
addition to furniture and inlay construction at the MESDA Fall and Summer Institutes.
He joined the MESDA Advisory Board in 2005. He has lectured at The Charleston
Antique Symposium as well as The Winter Antique Show, where he has been on the
American Furniture Vetting Committee since 2004. Russell is also a member of AIC,
Charleston Library Society, Decorative Arts Trust, Friends of Drayton Hall, and the
South Carolina Historical Society.
Detailed Biography of Russell Buskirk - Click Here (as PDF file)
Publications
Lily of the Valley Inlay, By Russell Buskirk, Antiques and Fine Art (2003) - View as PDF
Russell Buskirk, By Tom Ratzloff of The Daniel Island News
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