About

I used to do something else.

The approach that I rely on is akin to a three legged stool – held steady by its own internal connectedness. The first tenet is what the wood wants to be, what the grain is meant to showcase. Each board can only be one thing once it leaves the studio, and finding the design that most honors that tree is an imperative of the maker. Secondly, if the intention of the design is that it last for generations, its form must be informed by the function it is destined to serve. Forks, knives, and spoons have remained largely unchanged because their form and function are solidly established. And finally, the design must be true to the maker’s eye. A finished piece that can be identified blindly by its design choices, inclusions and omissions, is a design true to the maker.

Over the next 30 years, I will design and build a thousand pieces that great grandchildren will use, and along the way, document it honestly. Said plainly, a maker sees their own mistakes first, and more pronounced than anyone else would. I will share them honestly. There will be no cold machine perfection. There will only be handcraft.