Thank you for visiting my website. The work represented here is the result of my own pursuit of aesthetics.They exist because of my impulse to make them. The development of an object from idea to sketch to finished piece is a process which provides me with a great sense of wholeness.
As a medium for manipulation, wood is hard to beat. You can cut it, glue it together, bend it, and carve it. Yet it is incredibly strong and intrinsically beautiful. Working with it is a very fulfilling experience. I enjoy using it to create large scale pieces such as the lamps. The fact that they give light adds another element to the design. My goal in future pieces is to further incorporate the behavior of the light into the design of the lamp.
My background is in furniture making as well as art. Everything is made with the best possible means of joinery for the situation. Metal fasteners are never used in any structural capacity. This ensures that this work will still be around long after I am gone.
I like to make things, it's really not any more complicated than that. I do not feel a need to make a philosophical or political statement with my artwork. I'll leave the philosophy to the philosophers and the fine writing to the poets, I'd rather be in the shop.