I recently received this sneak peek at the first couple of items that have been created with the Hope Check Pattern fabrics that I designed for Grameen Felissimo in their collaboration with Design 21, a design network  that promotes social change, and I had to share it.  I am so proud to be involved with [...]

Only the upper branches of the design have to be welded on and then it will be finished!

This is the trellis design I’ve been working on for a while now. The client wanted an organic pattern on top of the trellis itself for visual interest while her roses slowly cover it over the next two years. I’ve just finished the main (middle) section and will install it tomorrow. Then I’ll fab the [...]

There’s quite a bit more to go on this project – all the curvy parts will be covered with steel sheet next so that the design really stands out from the criss-crossed rebar. Then there’s a 15′ wide horizontal section that goes above this part that I still have to build. Apparently it will take [...]

This was a fun and easy project. My friend MJ had these wonderful steel lanterns that someone in her family made back in the 1950s that she wanted to hang over a flowerbed. I made the trellis out of 3/4″ square steel tube and rather than cement it into her garden, I dug 3′holes, welded [...]

I’ve been way overdue on a special, hand-made gift for my mom. This one actually started some 20 years ago, as a drawing for art class that I failed to finish and was down-graded for. I guess I couldn’t let that go, so I finished the drawing, made it into a painting and decided to [...]

Directed by Uli Beutter, WHITE is her thesis video piece that will eventually be shown as an installation on several screens within a set that is similar to what you see above, but fancier. My best explanation of the piece is that Uli uses a set of basic symbols to present a metaphoric situation that [...]

Occasionally my dad will ask me for styling ideas for something he wants. (He has an engineering and design firm which also has a lot of manufacturing capabilities.) This was one quick illustration that I thought looked good, but ultimately did not get produced. But I’d still like to work on designing a firepit that [...]

I spent a summer apprenticing under a sculptor named Beverly Babb. I helped her build staircases and railings for seven warehouse lofts. Here are some pics of the garden room of the complex, but I have yet to get interior shots of the lofts.

I learned about hand-built ceramics working as a bisquer at R Wood Studio (rwoodstudio.com). I also learned about gardening and looking for beauty in everything. These are some of the results of my search. The blueish alien or snail-like form in the foreground is a combination salt and pepper shaker that works really well despite [...]