Jayson Bowerman discovered woodworking while studying manufacturing in college. He went on to be the head of R&D at Breedlove, as well as a musician and a professional athlete. These days he runs a one-man shop and stays active in the many outdoor opportunities of beautiful Central Oregon.
▪ bio current as of 2015
2014
AL#120 p.40
Tom Harper Jayson Bowerman
▪ Many of us in the Lutherie Boom generation started as pre-teen modelmakers or would-be wood crafters. Not Jayson Bowerman. He was studying manufacturing processes in college when he did his first woodworking in a shop class. Soon he was doing R&D at Breedlove.
2014
AL#120 p.48
Jayson Bowerman
▪ Bowerman steps us through the process of making an exactly-matching outside template from an existing inside template. The process is useful for making body molds and side-bending jigs from half-patterns.