Will Wipperfurth "Woodworking has been a way of life for me since I was a child. Growing up on a dairy farm in Wisconsin taught me to do things myself, from building tree houses to farm toys that you couldn’t buy. It planted the foundation for items I create today. Watching my dad and two uncles plan, build, or repair many different projects showed me what a little foresight and hard work could accomplish. We also had a retired neighbor who was a woodworker. I would ride my bike the mile to his house just to watch him work. He showed me how to do new things, and that in turn gave me the confidence to reach the next level."
Will Received an Associate’s Degree in Architectural Technology, and spent approximately 18 years as a designer for a food processing manufacturer while working with wood part time. During those years, he did much self-study and perfected many woodworking techniques which have been incorporated into his work. In 1993 he started woodworking full time designing and building functional boxes along with furniture.
One of his small boxes was featured in a book called Box Making published in September 1997.