Floating Stone Woodworks, Michael Pietragalla received a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree, majoring in painting, from the Swain School of Design, worked as a carpenter, set designer and builder for theatre groups throughout southern New England. He later attended classes at the Massachusetts College of Art and taught photography and graphic design to inner city youth under the aegis of a federally funded social program. He found his way to furniture design and production was a natural way to apply his hands, head and heart to his craft. Since 1997, he has been making custom designed furniture in studio in New Bedford, MA. His work is influenced by Asian design sensibilities and is in private collections across the US. He has exhibited in numerous solo exhibitions and group shows in New Bedford, as well as on Cape Cod, and in Rhode Island and Connecticut.