This banjo was a joy and wonderful challenge to design and make. It was a commission from someone that wanted to let someone else know how much they are valued. I could work on projects like that all day. From what I have learned of Keith Nance he is a selfless father and mentor. I …
Glass Bottom Banjo: This banjo began as all good things do… as an idea that you can’t let go of. It was (and still is) an experiment. I didn’t know that some banjo heads are clear. As soon as I saw one I knew I had to print something in the back of it. A …
This banjo is one I made for myself. The fretboard image is made from selected frames of Eadweard Muybridge’s “Woman Jumping Over a Stool”. It is made by inlaying acrylic mother of pearl into Richlite (an ebony alternative). I have seen a number of instruments with heavy adornment but never one with a whole image …
I was in need of a desk lamp for my office. The top of the desk I made a couple years back from some very interesting cherry. Cherry is very sensitive to light and I didn’t want to have anything sit on top to leave a mark from blocking the sun. The desk is a …
Last summer I went to visit my Grandfather at the old family farm in Collins, Mississippi. I never grew up there but always visited, and it holds special memories for me. I always heard stories from my father of his time as a young lad and teen working on the Collins farm. A …
A Softer Place to Fall is an installation that documented the transfer of light from two of the main windows in the room. I thought of this room as a space of entertainment in the original home so I used the language of the phonograph and sound. I marked the intersections of the window moldings with the …
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 …
Cradle / Walnut, cedar and maple / 2007 This was a set of chairs I made to resemble a courting bench. They were made to function apart and together. I made them to document how I have seen the relationship I have with my wonderful wife. I have always liked the way these two woods …
“Spent Embers of Harvest Time” / Purpleheart, cherry, spalted birch, and steel / 19 in x 15 in x 30 in / 2005 This chair was built as a performative element for viewer interaction. It serves as a reading and writing chair with drawers below for page and book storage.
“Obdormition” / Maple, mahogany, red suede, ink and rust on paper / 22 in x 22in x 42 in / 2005 This chair rocks while a sitter is in it, otherwise it falls over. Obdormition is the medical term for a limb that has fallen asleep. This chair was part of a performance piece for …