Teri Masaschi's career in antique restoration, furniture building and furniture finishing began as a fourteen-year old apprentice to a fine arts dealer in Amherst, New Hampshire. There she learned the traditional methods for conserving and restoring valuable antiques along with learning to build furniture in the Queen Anne, Federal and Chippendale styles. As Product Manager for Woodworker's Supply Inc., Teri was responsible for testing, acquiring and maintaining all of the finishing products in the national mail order catalog and training store employees about these products. She honed her finishing expertise further by trouble-shooting problems for national customers. Teri has written for Fine Woodworking Magazine, American Woodworker and Home Furniture. She teaches wood finishing at: The Center for Furniture Craftsmanship (ME), Anderson Ranch (CO), Connecticut Valley School of Woodworking (CT), Northwest Woodworking Studio (OR), Kelly Machler's School of Woodworking (KY) and at the Santa Fe Community College (NM). Teri has judged wood finishing competitions hosted by the Albequerque Woodworker's Association (NM) and the Woodworker's Showcase (NY). She lives in Santa Fe, New Mexico.