Moon Bear
I look to this live material for guidance in finding both its function & its form, because I believe that a useful object can be art. If one sees how the piece holds itself together, how the...
Drying lumber
The first 9 feet were rotted hollow. Where I cut clean I counted the rings, an eye-crossing effort for they were so tight and close. This tree struggled for light all its life, growing slowly,...
Tractoring Lumber
There was a maple not far from a path I frequented. A grand sentinel, he stood broad and tall. I first noticed a fungal growth about its base in ’02, and in ’03 I saw it was worsening fast,...
"This tree struggled for light all its life, growing slowly, and when I had them all counted I understood what shook the ground and me so deeply. "
For 360 years this tree had taken a gesture, and grown thick with intention.
Multi Media Bar
I look to this live material for guidance in finding both its function & its form,...
The first 9 feet were rotted hollow. Where I cut clean I counted the rings, an...
There was a maple not far from a path I frequented. A grand sentinel, he stood broad...