Recent work

35mm Movie Projector Movement

This is a model of the film movement from an old 35mm movie projector used in theaters 1n the 1920s. The intermittent motion uses a Geneva mechanism to interrupt the frame. I ran some old film for a minute or so in a loop, but the wood isn't strong enough for real projection

12"  by 10" by 5" —Lati, grey oak, paldoa, and ash, on a maple base, with a walnut frame. 2025

Rice 1

This lamp uses fortified rice paper (like on a Japanese shoji screen) to house the lamp. Rather than a traditional marquetry, the background is cut-out to reveal the light.

6"  by 6" by 10" —  Paldoa, padauk, mahogany, wenge, lati, and walnut burl on a grey oak background. 2025

Constructivist Lantern

The design for this lamp has its inspiration in the Russian Constructivist movement from the turn of the 20th century. Lit by two flood lights on top and bottom.

8"  by 6" by 15" —  Paldoa, padauk, grey oak, mahogany, and walnut burl on a white ash burl background. White oak trim on a monkeypod base. 2025

Circle 123

This was an experiment in finding ways to hide the LED strips within the structure. Not super bright, but surprisingly gives off a fair bit of light.

13"  by 12" by 5" —  Walnut, padauk, maple, wenge, and grey oak. 2025

Brasilia #5

A table lamp that uses LEDs embedded into the five upward maple slats with a modern marquetry on he front reminiscent of the architecture in Brazil's capitol, Brasilia.

8"  by 8" by 13" — Monkeypod, white ash burl walnut burl, padauk, maple, wenge, and grey oak. 2025

Right Lamp #1

This lamp pays homage to the mid-century American architect, Frank Lloyd. A flood lamp illuminates the bottom and the oak legs were "fumed" black.

8"  by 8" by 15" — Lati, walnut burl, padauk with white oak grid and legs. 2025

Bauhaus Cubes

Another lamp inspired by the  design and art done at Germany's Bauhaus in the 1920s, which hosted modern artists such as Kandinsky, Albers,  Gropius, and Klee.

7"  by 7" by 9" — Wenge, paldoa, padauk, maple and isolde. 2025

Gorin Box

A tissue-paper cover with a 1920's design inspired by Jean  Gorin,  a disciple of Mondrian.

5"  by 5" by 6" —Walnut burl, padauk, isombe, padona, and wenge on butternut. 2024

W.E.B. Lamp #11

The scholar and Black rights activist W.E.B. Du Bois presented a series of beautiful and insightful graphs for an exhibit at the 1900 Paris World’s Fair. This was decades before this type of artwork was popularized by Malevich and Kandinsky. He graphed the Black population of Georgia during the 1890s --  from large cities, to towns, and to rural areas as it moves towards the spiral. LED lights illuminate under the top slab.

12"  by 9” by 8" —  Padauk, cherry, zebrawood, and mahogany on paulownia. 2024