Paul Schürch is a well-respected, European-trained master craftsman, instructor, and designer, with his marquetry art and furniture in public and private collections around the world. His formal training includes a 1972 Swiss apprenticeship as a church organ builder and continuing studies at the International Boatbuilding Training College in the UK, and marquetry and stone inlay in Italy. Paul regularly travels to Europe to do marquetry and stone inlay, has produced several videos and books, and has been teaching seminars at MASW since 1997. As a consultant and a contributing educator to the trades, he has been on the covers of Fine Woodworking, CWB, and Woodworker West, and has been featured in numerous magazines and coffee-table books. He has won many awards for his art and furniture and occasionally exhibits his pieces at selected museums and galleries in Hawai‘i, the continental U.S., and Europe. His shop is currently located on the Big Island of Hawai‘i.