As part of a series of tools derived from body parts these Thumbtack hammers carry the form of the original tack hammer used by upholsters. Tack hammers are normally magnetic at the end of the split to hold a tack in place while it is being set. Mine could not be as they are cast …
This table was made for a client looking for a Mid Century Modern Table with a Japanese puzzle inspired base. The table is fifty two inches across and is fabricated primarily with traditional hand tools and is made completely out of Ambrosia Maple.
The Mugshot Canjo (can banjo) is made from an acetone can striped of its paint and repainted to hold the images of Australian Mugshots from the 1920s. I am not a Kentucky native but after living in Kentucky for the last 11 years I have come to call it home. I thought it was a …
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.
Currents was an exhibition in the Giles Gallery at Eastern Kentucky University in Richmond Kentucky. The exhibition was a dual show with my colleague and friend Darrell Kincer. His photographic practice is quite unique and always interesting to interact with. Him and I have a done quite a few dual shows together. The work is a …
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 …
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 …
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 …
In the Summer of 2016 I served as the Artist in Residence for the Lexington Art League in Lexington Kentucky. The residency culminated in The Less You Say, an exhibition project consisting of works that seek to investigate and reinterpret the personal/public connections to the physical and atmospheric and architectural history of a space, in this …