This is an example of our popular "Double Roofed Post Lantern."  This post lantern was designed to the client's specifications including dimensions, copper finish and choice of diffuser.

I designed and made the functional centerpieces for the is new ramen house on West 6th last fall in 2012. The floral decoration inlayed with resin on the sides is taken from the wall paper of the interior and  is a different color at each table. Not long after delivering the centerpieces, the owners of the establishment contacted me and asked me to collaborate with them on the sign. After starting with a concept based off tradtional japanese signage on live edge slabs, we ended up with a hand carved large wood block print design.

Mirrored see-though fireplace screens for a client's ranch in Wimberley

3/4" thick Starfire kiln formed plate glass, stainless steel cable

My first custom installation of 2013. Thanks to Kathleen Ash of Studio K for all the tips and advice on using the proper glass adhesive. One aspect of the design I didn't fully appreciate until I photographed it was how the layout with the tile creates a bit of a glass box optical illusion which is evident in some of the shots. The vertical leg is set into the tile work.

The Art Walls are an installation by Margo Sawyer, designed in concert with architects Page Sutherland Page.  The new house, located in Santa Fe, NM, features several other material innovations such as colored rammed earth walls. 

Our role in the Art Walls was mostly technical.  The joint vision of the artist and architect was paramount.  From the outside surface, as draw by Margo, my job was 90% of the painted panels, and everything behind them.  Margo provided the remaining 10% of the panels, metal with intense coloration. 

Discussions started a year before implementation.  At such an early stage in the process, I was able to plan effectively and to strategize the best possible outcome.  The tolerences to the ceiling, fireplace, and ductwork were very precise.  The panels facing the kitchen are operable cabinets.   We fabricated in Austin,and installed in Santa Fe.

Walnut Cabinetry with Eucalyptus Panel Work 2012. Though this piece looks minimal there is a great deal of complex functionality and flexibility worked into the design. All the case pieces are imbedded into and through the Eucaluptus panels providing chase ways to run wiring between all units and to the floating shelves which each have a removable hatch access behind them. The shelves themselves are hanging off a very rigid steel bracket design that is bolted to the studs behind the panel work. This began as a media center with more of a traditional cabinet design and in trying to showcase and best utilize the performance of the client's high fidelity equipment, the design kept getting stripped down and ended up as an acoustic niche with two floating walnut cases and two very solid floating shelves. There is lighting directly over the shelves from the bottom side of the upper cabinet. Thanks to GoAA member Hawkeye Glenn of Blacksmith for fabricating the heavy duty (hidden) bracket for the floating shelves.

A gate for a client in West Austin. An original design by Ironwood Industries. Inspired by the Art Nouveau Period, and influenced by the work of Alphonse Mucha, a Czech artist from the 1900s.

Zoltan and I worked from a pencil drawing of his concept. I then brought my expertise in joinery and CNC machining to help resolve the need for a timely completion date. 

 We executed Zoltan's design in reclaimed native Texas pecan with powder-coated steel accents and structural components. The pecan was harvested on Onion Creek in Austin. The logs were cut on my sawmill and dried in the kilns located at my shop on 730 Shady Lane .