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A craftsperson leans over a rectangular wooden creation, using a small rag to add clear finish.

Meet the maker

After initially studying musical theatre craft, Amanda Yoder moved to New York City to pursue a career in the performing arts. In 2020, she returned to home state North Carolina to study woodworking at Haywood Community College, where she also fell in love with the region’s Folk Victorian and Arts & Crafts architectural traditions.

Now based in Brooklyn, she runs Coda Wood Studio, designing and making modern furniture and homewares with an old soul. Amanda’s work has been featured at the International Woodworking Festival (Design Emphasis Finalist, 2022), Artfields (Exhibition Award, 2023), and the Asheville Art Museum.

“Designing and making furniture is how I understand the world—through touch, material, and memory. I see furniture as a kind of mother: nurturing, humble, and endlessly generous. These objects feed us, clothe us, and hold us as we rest. They are silent companions of care, rooted in both necessity and beauty.

My practice explores this intimacy through form, function, and history. I draw from the visual language of 18th- and 19th-century design—particularly Folk Victorian, Arts & Crafts, and Shaker traditions—filtering these influences through a contemporary lens. I work exclusively with North American hardwoods and all-natural finishes, choosing methods and materials that care for both human and environmental health.

I aim to create pieces that honor the past while belonging fully to the present—objects meant to live long, useful lives in real homes, quietly supporting the people who live alongside them.

— Amanda

Exhibitions and Awards

Asheville Strong - Asheville Museum of Art, 2025 Asheville, NC

At Home: A Reflection on Time and Material (solo) - Sumter County Gallery of Art, 2024-25 Sumter, SC

The Homiens Art Prize - Homiens, Summer 2024 - Finalist

Made in the South Awards, Home Category - Garden & Gun Magazine 2024 - Semi-Finalist

Artfields - 2023 Lake City, SC - Exhibition Award

Innovation + Design - ISFD, 2023 High Point, NC - 1st Place Student Dining Room Furniture

Design Emphasis, International Woodworking Festival, 2022 Atlanta, GA

Two hands wearing protective white latex gloves hold a rod-shaped wooden piece and use a small rag to apply black dye to the piece.

Materials

We’re all a work in progress. The environmental impact of the furniture industry is, too.

This is why Coda Wood Studio works exclusively with North American wood species to minimize the carbon footprint of your furniture. We also prioritize the use of non-toxic adhesives and 100% natural dyes and finishes.

Surrounding yourself with beautiful things doesn’t have to compromise the future of our planet.