MARK KING AND FRIENDS - Key Persons

Even as a kid Jon always found the most fun making things. He started building and rebuilding toys and models, then bicycles, and then old VW's and motorcycles. He studied lots of math and science, art, psychology, engineering and photography. After finally graduating with a degree in economics, he opened a bicycle shop with his brother Ric, and then a bicycle wheel and component manufacturing company, Wheelsmith. This provided great experience working with a wide variety of materials (from wood to exotic metal alloys to carbon fiber) and production processes (from hand crafting to custom tooling to computerized robotics). It also gave him the opportunity to spend time in Europe and Japan. While woodworking was always an important part of Jon's life, both for work and play, it was moving to Whitefish when he decided to make woodwork his focus. He was soon fortunate to connect with Mark King, who shared his commitment to excellence in both design and fabrication, with a strong emphasis on function as well as aesthetics. Jon lives near Whitefish with his wife Rebecca and their dog, Penny.