Atilla’s Trusty Steed
Atilla’s trusty Steed; 4′ x 2′ x 34″; 2010. This “workhorse” butcher block was made for a client in San Fransico. The butcherblock top is maple. The rest of the table is made from reclaimed pine and fir. The drawer handle and towel bar on the end are made from copper pipes. An enclosed knife sheath hangs at the back, engraved with the alchemical symbol for “compose.” The client requested a steam punk butcher block design that would create more usable space in his small kitchen. I have been told that the meals are coming out very well.
Snowglobe: Fenced In
"Fenced In"
My friend commissioned this piece as a wedding gift for her friends. I am told it sparked hours of conversation among the family. I’m pleased to hear it.
“Fall Creek”
"Fall Creek"
This is a custom piece a customer ordered as a gift for her father– it is an imaged scene based on a place in Wyoming he has a strong attachment to- the view of Fall Creek running through Wilson, Wyoming with Nora’s Fish Creek Inn nearby. 9″ x 12″, ink and watercolor on rice paper, custom frame made of reclaimed barn wood (Eastern Pine).
Snow Globe series newest additions
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- “Stuck Truck”
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- “Cow and Calf”
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- Detail of “Stuck Truck.”
These are in my homemade snow globe series which depicts the harsh realities of living in the Western landscape in contrast to our romanticized visions. Here are three new additions: “Stuck Truck”, “Labor begins in a Snowstorm”, and “Cow and Calf.”
“Labor Begins in a Snowstorm” was in a group show in the summer of 2010 for former residency artists at School of Visual Arts: “Abstract Intentions” curated by Keren Moscovitch and David Gibson. Calving time in the Rockies is often in the spring and inevitably there are many spring snowstorms to contend with. This scene shows a woman rancher trying to get a pregnant cow into cover before she calves. The cow doesn’t want to go anywhere, obviously.
9’6″ Custom Entryway Table
9'6" Entryway table
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Skinny Buffalo, only darker.
A customer in NYC requested a “Skinny Buffalo” design but in a darker tone to match her current dining room table. We raised the shelf up a bit to accommodate dinners on the floor (room for knees to fit under the table) and made it slightly longer and taller, to fit just right in front of her couch. I darkened the table using an old technique of rubbing in black and brown show polish into the wood and then coating it with Murdoch’s Hard Oil.