Recent work
Bauhaus Lamp 1
These lamps are 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.
8" by 8” by 21" — Mahogany, walnut, wenge, and padauk. 2024
Bauhaus Lamp 3
8" by 8” by 12" — Wenge, paldoa, sapele,and padauk. 2024
Minard's Map
A lamp, illuminated in the rear by LEDs, set in an open book. The inside pages are a 1869 map by Frenchman Charles Minard, which shows Napoleon's troops on their way and back from France to Russia in 1812. It unites six different sets of data: geography, time, troops, their path, and temperature. The temperature is key to understanding why he lost so many men. There is also his map of Hannibal’s (not Lector) crossing of the Alps.
12" by 9” by 8" — Spanish cedar, walnut, sen, wenge. 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
Rising Box Sconces
This pair of wall sconces are lit from behind in three tiers and from the back using adjustable LED lights that plug into the wall. Each tier rises 1/2" higher from the last and is lit from behind. The left sconce is a mirror image of the right. The design was inspired by early 1900's Russian Supremacist painter Kazimir Malevich.
12" by 9” by 3" — Wenge, paulownia, walnut burl, and padauk on a maple base. 2024
Banjo Speakers
Bluetooth speakers in Butterworth ported enclosures. They sound pretty good for their size. Design is inspired by 1950s Hungarian painter Bela de Kristo.
5.5" by 5.5” by 7" — walnut, bamboo, ash, bubinga, sapele, and wenge. 2024
William Morris plate
This beech plate was turned by local artisan Dan Murphy, and has a variation of one of William Morris's late 1800's wallpaper images inlaid into it. English designer William Morris is best known for decorating London's fashionable houses.
10” by 3” — Curly maple, bird's eye oak, wenge, ash, and maple. 2024
Deco Plate
This turned beech plate was turned by local artisan Dan Murphy, and has an Art Dec design inlaid on it. Art Deco was an architectural and design movement popular in the 1910s, originally in France.
10” by 3” — Wenge, curly maple, bird's eye oak, cherry, sapele, makope, mahogany and butternut. 2024
Banjo Drawer
A wall hanging shelf with a "hidden" drawer that pulls out from the front. Design is inspired by 1950s Hungarian painter Bela de Kristo. If Kandinsky and Picasso had a baby, he would paint like de Kristo: Suprematism with a touch of Cubism thrown in.
24” by 6” by 6" — walnut, bubinga, cherry, zebrawood, butternut, sapele, walnut burl, and wenge. On a maple base with white oak trim and shelf. 2024
Hidden Drawer
A side table with a "hidden" drawer that pulls out from the front. Design is inspired by early 19th-century Russian Supremist artist, Kazimir Malevich.
13” by 13” by 23" — Maple burl, walnut, burl padauk, and wenge, on a maple base with white oak trim. 2024
Acanthus
English designer William Morris created this wallpaper in 1875 for for decorating London's fashionable houses. It was originally printed using 30 wooden blocks in 15 subtle colors.
10” by 8” — Sapele, padauk, maple, wenge, mahogany, and anegre. 2023
Grapes of Wright
Based on Frank Lloyd Wright’s 1927 "May Basket" illustration; a colorful abstraction of a basket of overflowing grapes and springtime fruits. Wright was an acclaimed mid-20th century architect of such iconic buildings as Falling Water and the Guggenheim Museum.
12” by 12” — Bamboo, padauk, bird’s eye maple, mahogany, wenge, bloodwood, and anegre. 2023