Recent work
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
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
Matisse Drawer
A box with a "hidden" drawer that pulls out from the front. Design is inspired by Henri Matisse's cutout works of the 1950s
9” by 9” by 9" — Maple burl, walnut burl, padauk, and wenge, on a maple base with white oak trim. 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 Sink
Basin cut from white oak using CNC, with William Morris design on front panel.
18” by 18” x 16" — Sapele, birch, maple, padauk, wenge, mahogany, walnut, makope, and anegre. 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
Lily
My favorite dog: Lily, a Redbone Coonhound.
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9” by 9” --- Sapele, paulonia, and birds's eye oak, with wenge, makote, and padauk accents. 2023