Everything I make is a conversation with a tree. Because every tree is unique, so is every form. 

You’ll see piles of logs, root balls and gnarled limbs surrounding my studio. As I roll them around to study them, I wait patiently for my inspiration to be provoked – as if the tree itself may speak to me! I make exploratory cuts trusting that I will stumble upon what form will best express this tree’s inner beauty.

The tree reveals its character to me, from burls to bug trails to contrasting colors between heartwood and sapwood. When the log goes on the lathe, I carve through the rings with my chisels, each ring a year gone by. Each layer is a discovery, and these discoveries inform the shape of the object. The form evolves as I work—I go where the wood leads me.

As an Artist I am fully immersed in this experience – the transformation of fallen trees into their second life as beautiful objects.