Larry Werth

Larry was born and raised in St. Joseph, Mo. He attended Missouri Western College majoring in Education.  After two years of college he joined the Navy and served for four years.  During that time he met and married his wife of 40 years, Joanne, and they have one daughter.  After discharge from the Navy, he attended Washington University in St. Louis where he changed his major to Accounting.  He worked full time for Monsanto Company and attended classes at night.  He earned his B.S. degree in Business with a major in accounting and continued working as an accountant for 35 years.

 In 2000 he left the corporate world behind and moved to Comfort, Texas where he built his woodworking shop and started turning his hobby into a full time job.  As a wood turner and furniture builder, he is self-taught and has developed his skills by attending symposiums, seminars, classes, reading and gaining a wealth of knowledge through his local wood turners club.  His turnings tend toward the art side using gilding, carving, patina techniques, and segmentation.  He often incorporates turnings in his furniture making.  His pieces have been accepted in juried shows and he’s won awards with several of them.  He hopes you enjoy his work as much as he enjoys creating them.