This summer, I have enjoyed the great privilege of learning woodworking at Terra Firma Design in Bellingham, WA, under Tom Dolese and his apprentices, Jesse Tait and Cass Tiegs. These are my first projects in wood, a medium I’ve always been interested in.
The rocker is made of sapele and took about 40 hours in class to complete. Cass showed me how to upholster the seat with some vintage fabric I found at Ragfinery, a local fabric salvage shop.
The end-table is made of cherry, and took about 20 hours to complete, in private lessons with Jesse (Northern Magnolia Design). Both designs are by Tom.
The chess set was a gift for my nephews, and took about 30 hours to complete; 18 to sculpt and glaze the clay and 12 to make the board of sapele and white oak in private lessons with Jesse.
I also owe a great debt of gratitude to my pottery instructor, Brecken Stockmar of Baker Creek Ceramics, who provided guidance in encouragement, both in sculpting and throwing.
The chess set has a few different influences. I wanted it felt epic and ancient, like something out of LOTR. While also minimalist, intuitive, and inspired by the Pacific Northwest.
I have been re-learning photography using my father’s 40 year-old Olympus 10 and some long-expired roles of film.
Turns out I take a lot of pics of birds.
Complete this statement: “The baguette is to France what the ____ is to America.”
On August 25th 2020, a 17 year-old right-wing domestic terrorist murdered two innocent protestors and shot a third in Kenosha, Wisconsin. I made this poster the following day.
It is inspired by an old travel ad for France (second image), produced by Ogilvy+Mather. The original photograph is titled, “Provence, France 1955,” and was shot by the absorbing street photographer, Elliott Erwitt.
The image was selected for inclusion in Drury University’s “Race in America” art show.
Mixed-media freelance work and art projects, from 2007 to 2015. They’re sloppy and unsophisticated, but I like them because they make me nostalgic, and remind me how far I’ve come and how far I have still to go.