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My interest in woodworking is in boxes (most everything is some permutation of a box) and pieces handmade. The following pieces span the range from totally handmade (left) to almost totally machined (right). Moreover, as a conservation ecologist I recycle materials and made these pieces almost entirely from scrap wood destined for the stove. Now that I have graduated I will have more time to more completely complement science with art and vice versa.
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Recent Commissions
Rustic knotty pine shelves with entertainment cabinet (2006).
This project was made with beetle kill ponderosa pine from on site just north of the San Francisco Peaks at Flagstaff, AZ. The logs were locally milled.
Two-piece entertainment center.
The owners have acquired American chestnut (Castanea dentata), red oak (Quercus rubra), and glass (Silica antiqua) from Civil War era buildings. This is exciting for two reasons. One, chestnut is extinct in the wild, and two, this is an opportunity to reuse wood and not impact a precious commodity. Also, the oil finish is 100% non-toxic in manufacture and product. This helps the to move towards low-imact thinking.
Coffee table with drawer.
Made from 100+ year old ponderosa pine barnwood. The feet and stretcher are chestnut, and the wedges are oak.
Personal Projects
A basic workbench built as a timber frame. This bench can be dissassembled in a matter of minutes by simply driving the wooden pins free from the knee braces and stretchers. The top is an old solid core door and is temporary until a top can be made. The post-vice is handmade from local materials and is widely adjustable.
End table and stool made from doug fir scraps left over from the workbench.
