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I believe that each of us is endowed with a font of creative energy. If we are lucky we find both an outlet for that energy and the time and means to create. For the past ten years or so I have been designing and building furniture and other things from wood. I think I have some aptitude for it, and like anything, practice has improved my skills. I really don’t know how my work stacks up with what else is out there – what I do know is that I thoroughly enjoy the entire process – from conceptual design, the trigonometry most of us forgot before high school graduation, joinery, and finishing. Wood is a complex substance with a wonderful spectrum of scents, feel, and looks, and I derive great satisfaction from working with it to create objects that are functional, durable, and pleasing to the eye and touch - to me it is the perfect blend of the aesthetic and the practical. I set this blog up to allow my family and friends to see some of what I have done from across the thousands of miles that may separate us. Comments are always appreciated.

Winter 2003-2004 - A Mission Style Bed

This design is a combination of classic mission style and some details I saw in book of Frank Lloyd Wright's furniture. I started this years prior when I lived in Colorado. At that point I had only been serious about woodworking for a few years and soon realized that I was in way over my head. I actually moved all the lumber to Anchorage and finally completed the project.

The bed is predominately cherry with walnut veneer in the pediments at the tops of the head and foot. Finished with oil and wax.

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