Woodworking Projects

Tools are quintessentially human so to use them is to connect to history personally and globally. I find that connection especially powerful with woodworking where I can transfer the utility of a tool into a useful object for every day life. Woodworking is also one of the most direct applications of Vitruvius' "Firmitas, Utiitas, Venustas" which is so often sought after while arguably sparse in design.

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Coffee Pour-over

Utilizing a glass bottle by transforming its function instead of wasting potential through recycling quality glassware.
Exploring material workability and possibilities through glass cutting and etching.
Miniature wooden valve turned on a lathe to regulate percolation.

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Woodturning

Personal projects often made as gifts or later given.

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Chickadee Birdhouse

Design project inspired by Renzo Piano's Padre Pio Pilgrimage Church, and the needs, habits, and character of chickadees. Awarded honorable mention for interpretation of Renzo Piano's design philosophy, and attentive design for specific bird species. Second place winner in the Minnesota State Fair creative activities.