Palmer lighting
3/4" thick Starfire kiln formed plate glass, stainless steel cable
made for David Webber Architects
2008
3/4" thick Starfire kiln formed plate glass, stainless steel cable
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Mahlab Stool (Walnut)
Walnut
April 2012
Also now a production piece, this stool design provides an opportunity to employ a number of different joints at their optimum usefulness. Hand sculpted and robust, these reversible stools have different foot-rest locations on either side, accommodating stool-sitters of varying sizes. Shown here in walnut. . Available in table, counter, and bar height.
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Axis Chair/Bench
Cherry, Walnut, Danish Cord
July 2012
Originally commissioned by fellow Guild member Todd Campbell, this line will now be a production item.
The cherry for Campbell's original commission came from his family farm in Michigan, where it had been sitting in a barn for decades, awaiting it's destiny as Campbell's dining room seating. I have a strong affinity for Danish cording, so I immediately proposed it as a seating material. The second set was commissioned--along with a table--by Mockingbird Domestics, a new furniture store on South Lamar that supports local makers.
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Kyoto Dresser
walnut, leather, maple
dimensions 56" x 31" x 20"
January 2012
6 drawer dresser from the Kyoto line.
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Kyoto Bed and Sideboard
Walnut, leather, maple
March 2010
queen bed and sideboard (or ent. cent.) from the Kyoto line.
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1 Niles Road
Venetian plaster (natural/non-synthetic) on the column and cove moulding. Mica powders, iridescent artist paint and clear water based medium.
2000
Venetian Plaster above column and on crown cove. Painted Mother of Pearl finish on dining room walls.
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Shuffle
Kewzinga, tamo, quilted maple, steel, mahogany
dimensions 78"h. x 46"w. x 14"d.
July 2006
Shuffle started as a cabinet with doors. I found I didn't like hiding the most dynamic part that the shelves provide. That was the piece initiated the design in the first place. It's the first component in what I hoped would be an office suite of furiture based on "an earthquake in wine country." It didn't come to pass but I still enjoy this piece as much as anything I've done.
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Lake House lighting
3/4" Starfire glass, stainless cable system
dimensions 26" x 12' x 6' drop
made for Webber + Studio Architects
May 2009
3/4" thick kiln cast low iron plate glass floats below the light source giving the feeling of water and air. Apertures in the glass will allow for dramatic lighting on the dining room surface.
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Burnett residence
Iron and Steel
dimensions various dimensions
made for Dr. and Mrs. Burnett
August 2011
This is an Anderson/Wise project that we worked on over the course of 1 1/2 years. We did all the ornamental and architectural metalwork in the home as well as some structural steel retaining walls that elevated the backyard 4' above the adjacent yards to allow for installation of an ingound pool. Some of the a work that we are most proud of is the cantilevered garage awning, the outdoor fireplace, the simple curved handrail and the front fencing with custom pedestrian and driveway gates. The fencing panels were recycled from a church in Pennsylvania and were made from wrought iron, a material which has not been produced for almost 100 years. The fence panels date back to the 1870's.
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Krames Dining Table
White oak, stainless steel cable
dimensions 42"w x 29"h x 78"l (120"l expanded)
made for Christy Krames
July 2011
Christy came to me with a very strong visual idea for an expandable dining table. She had visions of a dramatic Art Deco-inspired base made of a big "X". I designed a base with curved, bent-laminated shapes that joined in the center. It was a crazy, nutty frenzy of construction: 24 layers of oak veneer in a big clamping form with glue squeezing everywhere. But somehow, miraculously, it worked, and how.
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