SHORELINES

24 Shor e l i n e S | 2016 Vol :1 sold quite a few of them - it kept us afloat." In 2012, the handsome rocker won top honors in Garden & Gun magazine's Made in the South Awards. Wood Studio is housed in a Quonset hut the Cochrans erected and finished themselves (with a few friends helping, like an old– fashioned barn-raising). Father and sons – all Auburn University grads – like to work out designs by hand, in the shop, but also know their way around a computer-aided design (CAD) program. "I majored in business but had as many hours in industrial design," Randy says. "I sent Keith to college to finish my degree." Keith majored in industrial design, then learned new skills as a boat-builder in Florida. Dylan majored in wildlife management, but "didn't see a long- term career in it," he says. "Building something tangible is very satisfying, and so is building a small business." On the walls of the studio hang old saws, a canoe and works by artist friends (a portrait of Hank Williams hangs next to one of Bear Bryant). Under the vaulted steel roof, Keith and Dylan turn out the Lookout Mountain rocker and other signature pieces, such as the Wills Valley stool, in big and small versions, and the Beersheba (pronounced burshba) porch swing, based on a traditional design from Beersheba Springs, an old Tennessee resort town. "We do two versions of it – traditional with turned spindles and Above: Photo by Ber na r d Tronc a le – Wood Studio is housed in a Quonset hut the Cochrans erected and finished on the banks of Smith Lake. "WE MAKE FURNITURE THAT'S BEAUTIFUL BUT ALSO FUNCTIONAL – IT'S MEANT TO BE USED, AND TO L AST FOR GENER ATIONS. IT'S HARD WORK BUT VERY FULFILLING. WE'RE ALWAYS LEARNING. AT THIS POINT THERE'S NOTHING ELSE I'D R ATHER DO." – KEITH COCHR AN, A FURNITURE BUILDER AT WOOD STUDIO.

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