From My Father
2026
Antler fastened by thread to a plexiglass block. Parts taken from my father's studio. In many ways this is him.
Stone Cards, Wooden Catchalls
2026
Stone has been used to record information for millennia. Using stones as the writing surfaces for personal messages, fastened to hand carved catchalls by produce elastics.
Scrap hardwood finished with tung oil, found stones, elastics.
Experimental Coasters
2025-2026
Compositions unto themsleves, coasters are equal parts form and function.
Leather scraps, fastened with paracord.
Linocut Print Work
2025-2026
Carved, then printed with archival ink onto various papers.
Counterweight For A Broken Twig
2026
When the delicate twig fell to the floor from where it was displayed, what survived was only a small limb too stubby to rest in the vial where it once sat. I felt compelled to preserve this thing of beauty, so light and delicate, it only needed a gram of material to anchor it.
Scrap Zebrawood, finished with tung oil, fastened with cotton thread.
Baby Spoon
2025
Everyday objects must always be functional, or will otherwise be Replaced. How far can you push it? A baby spoon that must be balanced in the hand, comfortable, effective at spoon related usages but still expressive, charming and beautiful.
Hand Carved hard maple, linocut printed denim, blanket stitched into a peekaboo pouch, cotton thread hitch closure.
Paper & Fabric Thank You Card
2025
A PROBLEM... HOW CAN I TRANSPOSE A LONG-WINDED AND HEARTFELT MESSAGE ONTO A FABRIC CARD? EMBROIDERY? INK? MANY METHODS FAIL EITHER IN FUNCTION, AESTHETICS OR PRACTICALITY. A PROCESS OF ELIMINATION LED TO A PLEASING HARMONY OF MATERIALS... FABRIC BOUND BUTTONS INTERFACE WITH KEYHOLE CUTOUTS IN PAPER. THE UTILITY OF A PAPER NOTE ATTACHED TO THE UNIQUENESS OF SOMETHING HANDMADE. TWO INTERCHANGEABLE ELEMENTS FOR POTENTIAL USE IN ANY CARD-NEEDING CIRCUMSTANCE.
Fabric Ornament Cards
2025
Card? yes! Ornament? Yes. It was the Scraps of Quilted Fabric that inspired the project. floral motifs have been a FASCINATION of mine for the past year and were cut freehand from shirt scraps. The spiraling stitch came from experiments In not hiding the fastening but making it part of the design. Cards are Finished with vintage hand sewn buttons.
As always I was as interested in replication as in variation (fabricating many semi-unique instances) a continuation of my mini mass fabrication fascination.
Reusable Note Dispenser
ARCHIVED
Hundreds of sticky notes once plastered the walls of my house. I designed this dispenser to resolve this aesthetic and functional frustration in my home. Photographed after years of use.
Modular Dice Tray
2023
A completely handmade gift, user tested and iteratively designed to meet the specifications of the giftee; portability and modularity. Features a removable dice carrying compartment with a leather buckle closure system.
Knock On Wood!
2022
I realized that in our synthetic world, there isn't often wood around to "knock on" when luck is needed to assure a situation does not arise. This design is made to elegantly fill that observed gap in our "everyday carry" items. For the less superstitious, it has a secondary purpose as a soothing fidget charm and handy key finder.
Technical Corset Concept
2022
A concept to invert the nature of the historical corset by neither restricting movement nor the body shape of a woman. Instead, technical components taken from damaged backpacks and rain jackets evoke strength and athleticism through design and materials. Thus, the purpose of these damaged and redundant garments was reworked and re-contextualized.
The WIP Chair
2022
A chair designed and made to represent the designing and making process where all of the changes from initial idea to physical mockup are represented in, and a part of the design. Materials: Baltic Birch, North Face GTX Jacket, Paracord.
Cutout Holiday Cards
2021
Vivid from my childhood, illustrated books might be the most spectacular and tactile culmination of holiday aesthetics.
3"x3" layered watercolour paper, pencil crayon.
