It all started with a request from my wife: a "rustic" dining room table to perfectly complement our '20s-inspired farmhouse. She wanted something that felt traditional but also had that wonderfully primitive, worn-in look. I knew just the wood that would deliver the goods: locally sourced laurel oak. The completed rustic table My dad and... Continue Reading →
This is a one-of-a-kind ring I made as a gift for my wife. It started life as a small laurel oak cut off from my dad's garage cabinet build (photo at bottom). It was very small, cracked, and one side was showing the start of rot. However, from the worst pieces come the most unique... Continue Reading →
I don't really know why I call these "earth rings". I think it's because the greed and the brown. Anyways, these are spalted laurel oak mixed with a custom blend of green epoxy. The wood on these were from the ends of a laurel oak board I had from a larger project. It was pretty... Continue Reading →
There are lots of ways to make a wooden ring. For me, it's an every evolving process. Here is a build log of my current process. This ring was a little bit of an experiment. The blank was a piece of spalted laurel oak that was left over from my dad's cabinet build. As you... Continue Reading →
Two commissioned rings all set and ready to go to their new homes. One is black walnut with blue sand inlay and the other is laurel oak with a mother of pearl inlay.
This is a Japanese style chef knife I made as a Christmas gift. The blade is a 67-layer Japanese steal blade made by Zhen that I purchased. I created the handle out of spalted tamarind. The knife had only a packaging sheath with it, so I researched traditional Japanese sheaths and created one in the... Continue Reading →
Locally sourced laurel oak ring with crushed shell inlay. I had not idea this ring would turn out so nice. It was scrap from another project. The foreground blocks (on both left and right) and the block holding the ring are laurel oak. As you can see, applying the finish really makes the difference and... Continue Reading →
Wood Fire Workshop 