Leah Woods is an artist working primarily with wood building functional and nonfunctional objects. Having received her MFA in Woodworking and Furniture Design from Rochester Institute of Technology in 2000, she designs and builds one-of-a-kind pieces of furniture and sculpture. Over the years she has built several bodies of work including: A Personal Wardrobe-Cabinets investigating clothing and the female form; Footloose- A Series of Cabinets for High-Heeled Shoes; Structure- An investigation of Mannequins and Dress Forms; and most recently, Navigation- An exploration of autobiographical maps. Leah is an Associate Professor of Art at University of New Hampshire.
