These non traditional hammers are used for adjusting the iron (blade) in traditional wooden body hand planes. They are cast in Silicon Bronze and have scorched ash handles.
Finger Hammers
Category: Sculpture
The Less You Say: Pulse (a place setting for twelve)
Pulse (a place setting for twelve) Consists of three handmade tall self rocking rocking chairs. The chairs and cups were made to bring back the idea of conversation and the presence of it means to sit around a table sharing a meal. This room was originally the dinning room of the house and I thought it …
The Less You Say: Vellum and Snakeskin
Vellum and Snakeskin was a response to this room of the home being a library. I thought it would be interesting to use the language of the folding library ladder in the space. There are 6 main architecual post in the room. I see these ladders being in a way the animation of these posts …
The Less You Say: The reason you should leave is the reason you should stay
The reason you should leave is the reason you should stay speaks to the idea of family. The work consists of six handmade tables and four hand silvered mirrors. Three of the tables have dead bees in the legs and honey in the rooms of the small acrylic rooms that sit on top. The other three …
The Cleaving of Two Brothers in the Desert
“The Cleaving of Two Brothers in the Desert” Douglas fir, walnut, applewood, birch plywood, manila rope, steel, polyethylene, galvanized buckets and water 2015 This work is the second installment of a larger exhibition coming in January of 2016. The series of works are based on the biblical narrative of the meeting of Abram and Melchizedek found …
The initial meeting of two strangers in a foreign land
“The Inaugural Meeting of Strangers in a Foreign Land” Douglas fir, walnut, applewood, birch plywood, Manila rope, steel, galvanized buckets and water 2015 This work is the first installment of a larger exhibition coming in January of 2016. The series of works are based on the biblical narrative of the meeting of Abram and …
A chair in tables clothing
“A Chair in Tables Clothing” / Multilayer solvent transfer prints, cast plaster, and Lithographic printing on quilting pins and plaster / 2013 This installation was part of an on going collaboration with poet Emma Bolden. Much like a conversation, we have been trading images and words back and forth. The work was installed in the …
Ashes Ashes we are all made new
I know your heart, I know your face
“I know your heart, I know your face” / Ebony, mahogany, maple, cherry, birds eye maple, curly ash, and lithography / 14 in circles / 2012 These companion pieces were made when my wife’s grandfather was diagnosed with cancer. They are designed from a bsic pattern in marquetry called Lois Cubes. The chevron shapes can …
Two Part Two Part Harmony
“Two Part Two Part Harmony” / mahogany, belinga, birds eye maple, bocca, and lithography / 14 in circles / 2012 Made as a set of companion pieces based on a phrase from a sketchbook I made in 2000 a few years before meeting my wife. I thought these were a good reflection set against the …