I made gifts for a dozen friends and family this year. From small felt lined boxes to one of the coolest things I’ve ever made, most of the projects utilized reclaimed wood. Using woodworking kits and recycled wood, the cost of gift giving was only a matter of time. Fortunately, I started early.
I haven’t posted to this site in a while but it doesn’t mean I’m not working. Sometimes my work is so much a part of my life I literally live with it. Here is a picture of a chunk of floor I removed from a Frank Lloyd Wright house that I kept due to it’s [...]
A shelf with movable boxes in the form of the letter E. Here is a gift I made for my daughter this Christmas that I thought I would share. Constructed of Philippine mahogany with 1/4″ birch-ply backing it’s mahogan-’E’. Based on multiples of 5 1/2″ the boxes will fit in any location on the shelf; [...]
Due to response from visitors to my journal entries on interior and exterior door repairs at Philip Johnson’s Glass House I’ve posted a gallery of images taken in January and February of 2006. Here are some of my favorite shots from different locations on the property.
When I arrive at work it hasn’t been light for an hour. When I leave work during these winter months it’s been dark for almost an hour. On this jobsite there isn’t enough electricity to power Halogen work lights and tools since the entire production is running on a single 20 Amp breaker. Working at [...]
