My sincere thanks for stopping by to browse my unique, one of a kind designs. Please contact me if you would like to purchase an item, would like to discuss a custom order, or if you have any questions.

Bellevue Arts Fair 2024
Award of Excellence

Art In The High Desert 2024
Benchmark Award

Lake Oswego Festival
of the Arts 2023
Blue Ribbon Award for
Artistic Achievement

Edmonds Art Festival 2024
Blue Ribbon Award for
Best of Show

Best of the Northwest Fall 2024
Honorable Mention Juror's Choice Award

Corvallis Fall Festival 2019
Best in Wood Award
Galleries & Shows:
Please check back as new galleries or shows are added for the upcoming season - Thanks!
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Gift Shops & Galleries:
John Harden Design Home Studio
Please contact me for a viewing
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Art on First
20 So. First Street
Ashland, Oregon
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A Sense of Place Gallery
2003 North Van Ness Blvd
Fresno, California
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Dovetail Collection
407 Healdsburg Ave
Healdsburg, California
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Shows & Art Festivals
2025 schedule
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Gathering of the Guilds
Portland, OR
April 25 - 27, 2025
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Rotary Club of Saratoga Fine Art Show
Saratoga, CA
May 3 - 4, 2025
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MAC Artfest
Spokane, WA
May 30 - June 1, 2025
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Edmonds Art Festival
Edmonds, WA
June 13 - 15, 2025
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Lake Oswego Festival of the Arts
Lake Oswego, OR
June 20 - 22, 2025
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Essential Art Gallery
203 S Main St
Moscow, Idaho ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Hood Avenue Art
357 W. Hood Ave
Sisters, Oregon
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Pot-Pourri
2108 Vine St
Berkeley, California
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Scrimshaw Gallery
19 Princess St.
Sausalito, CA
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Terrestra
10127 Fair Oaks Blvd
Fair Oaks, California
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Kimball Arts Festival
Park City, UT
Aug. 1 - 3, 2025
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Sun Valley Arts Festival
Ketchum, ID
Aug. 8 - 10, 2025
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Art in the High Desert
Bend, OR
Aug. 22 - 24, 2025
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Art in the Pearl
Portland, OR
Aug. 30 - Sept. 1, 2025
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Siskiyou Woodcraft Guild Harvest Show
Ashland, OR
Nov. 28 - 30, 2025
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Our Happy Customers



















My Gallery

Madrone Burl Bowl 12"W x 4 3/4"H

Accent Ring Bowl 8 1/2"W x 4"W

Square Maple Bowl 13 1/2"W x 4 1/2"H

Stacked Accent Ring Bowl 14"W x 4"H

Picasso Tray 15 1/4"W x 1 1/2"H

Sapele Urn 10"H x 8 1/2"W

Myrtlewood Urn 13"H x 4 1/2"W

Shadowbox Bowl 14"W x 5 1/2"H

Aztec Flower Bowl 16"W x 6"H
Behind The Scenes






About Me

John Harden Design
A Woodworking Career Spanning Over 30 Years
As a child, my first memory of woodworking was fabricating crude boats to play with in the puddles and ditches of my neighborhood where I grew up in the Pacific Northwest.
In 7th grade, my boat building days were over, and I moved on to cutting boards and coat racks. I never looked at wood the same again. With an excellent high school vocational program, I learned the basic, fundamental aspects of fine woodworking that I still practice today.
After graduating high school, I began a career in residential construction (my previous experience did not apply). A few years of digging ditches, packing lumber, and framing walls finally lead to interior trim carpentry. For almost 20 years, I worked mainly on custom homes, building window treatments, walk-in closets, custom mantles, bookcases, and an occasional staircase. With the downturn in the economy in 2008, I had the opportunity to spend more time in my home shop (I got laid off).
While my career in construction was going strong, I kept my woodworking a hobby, collecting and milling local hardwoods for my own personal use. A lot of it was firewood, but you never knew what it may become. For a short time, I literally cut firewood and did small furniture projects. As the economy picked up, so did the jobs. Before I knew it, I was self-employed remodeling kitchens, bathrooms, decks, and custom pieces.
In the fall of 2015, everything came to a screeching halt (a table saw accident). In the time spent healing with the loss of one finger and diminished use of several others, I had a lot of time to stare at my woodpile. What do I do with this wood that is too small for furniture, but too pretty to throw away? Before I knew it, I had knocked the dust off my grandfather’s 9-inch benchtop wood lathe, built in 1942. It vibrated, rattled, and made a few noises I can’t describe--but it worked, for a little while.
The perks of joining the Siskiyou Woodworkers Guild enabled me to find a much-needed upgrade to my wood lathe. With all that, this is the beginning of John Harden Design. Please allow me to share with you the love of fine woodworking with my display of one-of-a-kind, hand crafted furniture and wood turning.