Natural Beauty
My passion is sharing the wonder I find in nature. My artistic challenge is helping the object tell it's own story — they're all interesting if you listen carefully enough.
I collect local reclaimed and sustainably sourced timber and other natural materials and study them carefully to understand the story they want to tell. I "listen" to the grain of the wood, observe the internal geometry and stresses that the wood is under, the patterns and flaws that may be undesirable to some, but to me, they are beauty marks. They are the story of the tree's first life.
It can be a messy business, but after staring at a computer screen all day, my mind, body and spirit crave something real. Please enjoy.
Each flitch, each board, each plank can have only one ideal use. The woodworker, applying a thousand skills, must find that ideal use and then shape the wood to realize its true potential.
—George Nakashima
I also build custom guitars, record music, create found object sculptures, paint and create other art pieces, all crafted with an emphasis on sustainability, earth-friendly practices and materials and environmental stewardship.
