JOSHUA GANN

After a five-year roll as a preparator in the St. Louis museum exhibition circuit and along with his background in carpentry and fine art, Gann’s new career emerged once realizing the demands for restoring local cabins. In 2019 while hired as a laborer with a log cabin crew he soon fell in love with the unique field. Adapting to this new and rigorous trade he took note of everything he saw. Down to every detail. He then took on work orders to build operable shutters for his clients and the woodworking world continued to expand. Meanwhile his research focused on studies of traditional joinery and similar historic practices to strengthen these skills. Passion was cultivated. Craft Revival was born.

He founded Craft in 2021 as a way to pursue these passions and bring quality to every project he would take on, but also as a response to what he noticed in the trades. Few if any trades-people were implementing real lumber in the work they were performing. Installation was being glorified. Work slapped together. So where was the craft? The history of building was so rich and so little explored today so his response was to start a company that focused on providing what was lost: craft. It takes time. It also lasts much longer.

Now in year five, Craft Revival LLC is taking strides to continue offering professional services to log cabins all across Southeast Missouri. As owner of Craft, Joshua has lead and managed teams to seamlessly repair and maintain countless Missouri log homes. New projects focusing on timber framing and construction are excitingly potential in their near future.