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Artist’s Statement

As an artist in wood, my main focus is on discovering and revealing the beauty and intelligence that is hidden in the wood. For me, a well designed and built piece conveys information and meaning that can help humans better understand and appreciate the world we live in and our place in it.

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My studies of the human body and of music inform my woodworking. For instance, I often design with the question: 'How would I feel standing next to/sitting on this piece of furniture?' And sometimes I organize the spacing of shelves in a bookcase according to a polyrhythmic musical formula. Proportion, balance, and variation are key concerns in furniture design, as they are in music and in life.

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