John has been exploring creativity and use of space since he was young, studying violin, singing, photography, and eventually dance, for which he received his undergraduate degree at the conservatory at New York University's Tisch School of the Arts (BFA, summa cum laude).  He went on to work extensively as a contemporary dancer and choreographer, performing all over the world with choreographers and directors including Robert Wilson, Lucinda Childs, Doug Elkins, and Twyla Tharp. 

John began designing physical objects while honing his woodworking skills with the brilliant craftspeople at Makeville Studios in Brooklyn, NY.  He created Coil + Drift in 2016 in an effort bring together and distill his creative practices, focusing on creating tangible objects. In 2017, John was featured in a documentary short with Mercedes-Benz for NBC Out that beautifully captures his early creative practice.

When she joined Coil + Drift, Miranda had 5 years of fabrication experience in art and design with a focus on metal, textiles, and digital modeling. She received her undergraduate degree in Sculpture + Extended Media from Virginia Commonwealth University in 2017. In and out of the studio, Miranda's multidisciplinary practice draws inspiration from naturalists, feminists and storytellers. She is an advocate for a free and independent press, and in her spare time works with a local youth-led newspaper. As a life-long student of craft she is forever searching for the balance between form and function.

Haley enjoys practicing a multitude of disciplines from package design to photography to mobility training. Prior to joining Coil + Drift in 2023, Haley spent several years working to improve the shipping department practices at Recreation Equipment, Inc. (REI) in Rhode Island. She draws on that experience to create efficiency strategies as the lead packager at Coil + Drift, focusing on ways to make the company's packaging designs more sustainable and creative. As a fabricator she is often machining and assembling fixtures. Haley utilizes her degree in photography when pieces or projects need to be photographed in-house. Additionally, she is also a functional mobility trainer and leads a studio-wide weekly movement routine that offsets the team's repetitive motions from manufacturing and desk-based work. 

Daniel enjoys adventuring and spending time learning new things. Born and raised in the Hudson Valley, he spent much of his adult life in New England, and returned to the Catskills a few years ago.  For the last decade Daniel has been a proud father to his wonderful son. While in New England, he studied film and broadcasting at the New England Institute of Art in Boston. After school, Daniel traveled across the United States, where he discovered a passion for capturing the beauty of nature around him. This passion then evolved into a practice of working with natural materials like wood and metal.  Daniel is diving deeper into the world of metalworking as a fabricator with Coil + Drift where he specializes in material machining and preparation.