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Recently my work has become more sculptural, combining many turned objects and incorporating found wood or wood pieces that have not been shaped on a lathe.  Each piece uses the relationship of the parts to evoke an image and to tell a story.

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ELEMENTS / BALANCING ACT
Figured maple, walnut, olive, ebony
6" wide x 4 3/4" high

CENTRIFUGAL/CENTRIPETAL
Opposing forces meet at the center and unite.
Walnut, bleached maple, dyed maple
10 ¼” wide x 3 ¼” high

THE CENTER HOLDS
Purpleheart, figured maple, ebony
6 ¼” wide x 4" high

CONTINUUM
Painted ash wood bowls on found walnut base
7" wide x 22" long x 6" high

CLEAR CUT
Our forests are essential to the balance of nature and the future of the planet. The redwood forests with specimens up to 2000 years old have been logged to near extinction by the practice of clear cutting—the removal of all trees in an area at once. The "trees" in this piece—made from a long-dead redwood tree found on a construction site—symbolize all the trees we have lost.

Redwood and ash 
5" wide x 22" long x 15" high

STEP UP TO THE PLATE
Step up . . . we hold the future in our hands.
If all of us, nations and individuals, don't step up to save the planet—it's GAME OVER!

Cherry 
7.5" wide x 21.5" long x 7" high

MONUMENT
This piece is made from a variety of endangered exotic woods. They rest on a base of native maple. This is a monument to the forests that are rapidly loosing these remarkable trees.
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I made this miniature monument as a way for these woods to speak for their survival and to voice my pledge to not use these woods again. 
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Figured maple, Madagascar ebony, Brazillian rosewood, wenge, African blackwood, redwood, teak, mahogany 
5" wide x 5 7/8" high

ROCK-A-BYE (Nature/Nurture)
This work can be seen two ways—resting on its flat side where it will rock like a cradle, or upright and stationary.
​Compressed oak, walnut
6" wide x 3" high