Easily one of my most ambitious projects, as well as the most functional, that I’ve undertaken is a bench that I built for a Gimme! Coffee cafe in NYC.  Because the cafe was (is) so small, there was no room inside for seating, and the outdoor seating was limited to a box-bench built around a … Continue reading Cafe Bench

I’ve never met a project that I couldn’t get carried away with.  This project started out as a simple commission for a set of wine racks & liquor shelf with a “mechanical computing” theme.  In refining that concept, I built a 9′ long, 2″ thick shelf from a solid piece of Pecan with a live … Continue reading Wine Racks and Mantle

This lamp grew from an initial concept of two bottles to ten as I gathered elements.  There are two chair bases, a pulley from an industrial paper shredder, ten wine bottles, an old fire alarm pull, garage door opener chain, a few coffee burrs, and a motor cover from a burned up Kitchenaid mixer. Approximate … Continue reading Fire Alarm Standing Lamp

  A friend of mine who does custom wood work introduced me to one of his customers who was looking for someone to make a light fixture to hang above her kitchen Island.  She had acquired two antique shutters that she wanted joined end-to-end with a number of lit bottles descending from them.  Her vision … Continue reading Hanging Kitchen Island Fixture

Commissions are tricky. You have a customer that has an idea that can range anywhere from “make this”, or “make something like this”, to “Make something like this out this”. You have to balance their idea’s with your own as well as what you can actually do. Then you have to convey what your idea … Continue reading The Beast Chandelier

We like tequila, and if you live in Central Texas, the best tequila around is made by Abandanado. Not only is it delicious, but it comes in these beautiful glass bottles that are just the right size for pendent lamps… Friends of ours were redoing their kitchen and asked if I would make them a … Continue reading The Perfection