Portfolio

Bowls and Hollow Forms

My primary focus is turned objects from solid pieces of wood. I am driven by the challenge of finding the beauty and uniqueness in a piece of wood, especially a burl or crotch of a tree. The results are generally bowls and occasionally hollow forms. In an effort to fix imperfections in or give balance to turned pieces, I have developed a way to insert slices of walnut shells and banksia pods in the finished piece. View Gallery

Quilt Series

My first quilt was inspired by a piece created by a blacksmith friend, Griz Hockwalt. His quilt hangs in our home. I used unique slices of cherry burl that were suspended in frames. While working with quilters on a show for a gallery, other ideas began to flow for ways I could add color and patterns to my quilts. Some of these quilts included turning and others did not. View Gallery

Sculptural

While working on the quilt series, I would laminate pieces that I was creating to slice into panels for the quilts. These larger pieces inspired me into returning to my roots in sculpture. By cutting, turning, and combining these laminated blocks, I was able to create 3 dimensional pieces that I find very intriguing to my eyes. View Gallery

Utilitarian

Many of my turnings are “for looking at!” I also do turn objects that are usable like bowls, wine stoppers, etc. The wine stoppers are created from pieces of burl and other exciting pieces of wood that are just not suited for bowls, but to beautiful to toss in the burn pile. View Gallery