Folding chessboards present a number of challenges - precision, inlay, joinery and hinging.
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Maker Portfolio
I am interested in what makes an object worth making. Easily accessible digital fabrication tools allow creation of highly polished objects and that creates interesting questions for makers. Should I try to match the "professional" quality? How do I reflect "maker" value in making?
Both my professional career and my maker interests are based in the natural desire to make, modify or repair. My earliest inspiration came from watching my grandfather build model ships and carve wood at the kitchen table. As an engineer, I’m drawn to the challenge of moving machines — a pen, a folding chess board, a robot.
Selected items
Full-size bufflehead duck carved from basswood, with feather detail added through wood burning and finished with acrylic paint.
CarvingDucks
Carved from walnut, this mask is based on a full-size styrofoam model my grandfather made for a carving he wanted to make.
CarvingMasks
Robot concept study exploring mechanical form language and silhouette balance.
Robotics
Robotic turret has a neural network that has been trained to track an orange.
Robotics
Geometric lattice study inspired by traditional Japanese kumiko woodworking patterns.
Design
Work-in-progress.
CarvingMasks
A carving in the style of Mid-Atlantic folk art.
Carving
Comparative study contrasting youthful and aged facial structure.
CarvingMasks
Wood and metal pens.
Design
Half-size redhead duck carved from basswood, with feather detail added through wood burning and finished with acrylic paint, mounted on a walnut base.
CarvingDucks