Steve Latta first appeared in FWW nearly 17 years ago, and since then he has written dozens of articles. Now a contributing editor, he builds period reproduction and contemporary furniture on commission, teaches furniture making at Thaddeus Stevens College of Technology in Lancaster, Pa., and recently completed his master’s in American Studies at Penn State. In addition, he lectures and teaches workshops across the country. He has appeared several times on PBS’s “The Woodwright’s Shop” and has lectured on the topic of inlay at Colonial Williamsburg, the Milwaukee Art Museum, Winterthur Museum and Gardens, and other schools and guilds. He and his wife, Elizabeth, live in rural Pennsylvania with their three children.