I've been making furniture steadily for seven years now. One thing I enjoy about designing and creating lamps and other projects is that there is no right or wrong, however it ends up is the correct. The piece of wood often dictates what it shall become. This is different from building homes, which I do as well. A house or addition needs to look like the plan. Woodworking allows me to express myself and my imagination, unrestricted, is free to enjoy the craft.

My woodworking and design skills have grown to include many unique and useful wood furnishings. My main focus (and favorite work) is creating lamps entirely from wood.

While flipping through a magazine, I saw a wooden Frank Loyd Wright lamp that was designed to let some light shine through wooden panels. It seemed to me that I could find a way to make the wooden shades truly glow and display their natural beauty. After some thought I had a rough idea of a lamp with wooden shades so thin, the light radiates through. By illuminating the woodgrain, we are able to see a rarely seen view of a somewhat ordinary piece of wood.

Six years later, I have created many different styles and sizes of lamps. I like all my work to showoff the natural beauty of the wood itself, so I don't use stains, veneers, or high gloss finishes. The type of wood I use depends on many things, from visual appeal to structural necessity. I most enjoy when I have the opportunity to cut and dry wood myself and can watch the progress from felled tree to finished piece.

I look forward to hearing from you soon!