Spoons
hand forged aluminum, ultra-light backpacking spoons w 1.8mm fluorescent reflective nylon lanyards
august 2023
6160 aluminum, nylon cordage
hand forged aluminum, ultra-light backpacking spoons w 1.8mm fluorescent reflective nylon lanyards
august 2023
6160 aluminum, nylon cordage
Make-Do Sink Chair
invited to make a chair in three days with materials pulled from the trash for the Make-Do show during NYC design week hosted by Marta Gallery and Catalog Sale
june 2023
sink, granny walker, misc hardware
invited to make a chair in three days with materials pulled from the trash for the Make-Do show during NYC design week hosted by Marta Gallery and Catalog Sale
june 2023
sink, granny walker, misc hardware
Mahogany Chairs
collaborative work
w Pablo Borra-Paley
available for exhibition and purchase please email to enquire
march 2023
mahogany, wood burning, oil finish
collaborative work
w Pablo Borra-Paley
available for exhibition and purchase please email to enquire
march 2023
mahogany, wood burning, oil finish
Exhibit Design
M’shinda Abdullah Broaddus MFA thesis show - Fayetteville AR
designed and fabricated structural elements to form a framework to display M’shinda’s large format paperworks and achieve as much volume and activation of the gallery as desired.
@mshinda
february 2023
pine
M’shinda Abdullah Broaddus MFA thesis show - Fayetteville AR
designed and fabricated structural elements to form a framework to display M’shinda’s large format paperworks and achieve as much volume and activation of the gallery as desired.
@mshinda
february 2023
pine
Smiley Bench
comissioned work
february 2022
hand carved pine, maple, ash finished with milk paint and linseed oil
comissioned work
february 2022
hand carved pine, maple, ash finished with milk paint and linseed oil
Log to Table
a dinner set and furniture collection made by hand from local materials from the ground up using techniques in touch with the environment and materials themselves.
may 2021
black walnut, black locust, pin oak, white ash, hard maple, ordovician clay
a dinner set and furniture collection made by hand from local materials from the ground up using techniques in touch with the environment and materials themselves.
may 2021
black walnut, black locust, pin oak, white ash, hard maple, ordovician clay
Snake Chair
a commissioned piece made from a tree i fell and aluminum i melted
july 2021
white ash, sand cast aluminum
a commissioned piece made from a tree i fell and aluminum i melted
july 2021
white ash, sand cast aluminum
Rhesus Monkey
i lead the construction of this project while working for future retrieval. i was tasked with scaling up a sculpture previously cast in porcelain and carving it out of wood. created from a scan of a taxidermic archive from the smithsonian
2021
hard maple, aluminum leaf
shown @ cincinnati art museum in future retrieval’s solo exhibition “close parallels”
i lead the construction of this project while working for future retrieval. i was tasked with scaling up a sculpture previously cast in porcelain and carving it out of wood. created from a scan of a taxidermic archive from the smithsonian
2021
hard maple, aluminum leaf
shown @ cincinnati art museum in future retrieval’s solo exhibition “close parallels”
Steambent Lounge
a chair i designed and made for simone bodmer-turner. working off of reference images, i took her through the design process from sketching and modelmaking to ergonomic prototypes and a final production prototype. designed to go into production though, sadly, was never produced.
december 2020
steambent ash, cherry
a chair i designed and made for simone bodmer-turner. working off of reference images, i took her through the design process from sketching and modelmaking to ergonomic prototypes and a final production prototype. designed to go into production though, sadly, was never produced.
december 2020
steambent ash, cherry
Green Chair
made during the early days of the pandemic from the refuse left by con edison ripping open pits in the street to lay pipe for fracked gas.
no north brooklyn pipeline
may 2020
hand carved
pine, house paint, polyurethane
made during the early days of the pandemic from the refuse left by con edison ripping open pits in the street to lay pipe for fracked gas.
no north brooklyn pipeline
may 2020
hand carved
pine, house paint, polyurethane
Aizome Stool
woven from three lengths of cotton rope hand-dyed with aizome in the hills of fujino, japan. cotton rope is a tool used in shibori but is never used in final products despite developing the same beautiful, rich, blue that the intended textiles and kimonos do.
november 2019
cotton rope, fermented indigo
shown at the group show, Speed Flat @ AXIS Gallery,
Roppongi, Tokyo
woven from three lengths of cotton rope hand-dyed with aizome in the hills of fujino, japan. cotton rope is a tool used in shibori but is never used in final products despite developing the same beautiful, rich, blue that the intended textiles and kimonos do.
november 2019
cotton rope, fermented indigo
shown at the group show, Speed Flat @ AXIS Gallery,
Roppongi, Tokyo
This Ain’t No God-Fearin’ Chair
forged in the fiery depths of a capitalistic, christcentric hell where work is play and personal fulfillment is pay “this ain’t no god-fearin’ chair” represents opposition to selling out, bending over, and losing one’s self in today’s zero-sum game. the watts of work put into these chairs are vast and not particularly lucrative, but why should that be the drive to work?
august 2019
forged and brazed stee, hand carved pine
shown @ work is play group show
forged in the fiery depths of a capitalistic, christcentric hell where work is play and personal fulfillment is pay “this ain’t no god-fearin’ chair” represents opposition to selling out, bending over, and losing one’s self in today’s zero-sum game. the watts of work put into these chairs are vast and not particularly lucrative, but why should that be the drive to work?
august 2019
forged and brazed stee, hand carved pine
shown @ work is play group show
Porcelain Stool
wheel thrown out of cream cheese-like domestic porcelain. the culmination of many years of throwing and love of furnture lead me to this cutie.
ta-da ︎︎
april 2019
wheel thrown porcelain, unglazed
shown @ Jonald Dudd 2019
wheel thrown out of cream cheese-like domestic porcelain. the culmination of many years of throwing and love of furnture lead me to this cutie.
ta-da ︎︎
april 2019
wheel thrown porcelain, unglazed
shown @ Jonald Dudd 2019
PADA Collection
growing from the typology of a shop orientation chair and chinese craftsmen, this collection is an evolution of interpretation and misinterpretation.
january 2018 - Cincinnati/Jingdezhen, China
construction lumber, fastners, mystery hardwood, jute twine, checked luggage tag
growing from the typology of a shop orientation chair and chinese craftsmen, this collection is an evolution of interpretation and misinterpretation.
january 2018 - Cincinnati/Jingdezhen, China
construction lumber, fastners, mystery hardwood, jute twine, checked luggage tag
Camera Crane
october 2018
plywood, cordage, fastners, casters
october 2018
plywood, cordage, fastners, casters
Clock 001
under the guidance of the British Horological Journal this clock was designed and fabricated utilizing as many processes as possible offered by the innovation center at the university of cincinnati.
april 2019
aluminum, steel, bronze, acrylic, delrin, hdpe, baltic birch plywood, reflective roadsign, nylon cordage, concrete rubble
Shown @ ICFF 2019
under the guidance of the British Horological Journal this clock was designed and fabricated utilizing as many processes as possible offered by the innovation center at the university of cincinnati.
april 2019
aluminum, steel, bronze, acrylic, delrin, hdpe, baltic birch plywood, reflective roadsign, nylon cordage, concrete rubble
Shown @ ICFF 2019
Incense Burner
where my crosley heads at <3
december 2017
porcelain
where my crosley heads at <3
december 2017
porcelain
Chess Set
milled on a manual bridgeport the pieces range in weight from somewhat heavy to quite heavy. often found on the kitchen counter tenderizing chicken.
august 2017
mild steel
milled on a manual bridgeport the pieces range in weight from somewhat heavy to quite heavy. often found on the kitchen counter tenderizing chicken.
august 2017
mild steel
Thrown Bowl
i’ve thrown a lot of bowls but i like this one enough to make the homepage
april 2019
overfired terracotta
i’ve thrown a lot of bowls but i like this one enough to make the homepage
april 2019
overfired terracotta
