A client wanted the ugliest frame I could build to mirror a repellant print. It started with spray gluing the back of the repellant print, then applying same to some crimson matte board, which was cut to an inch boarder.  This gave the rough dimen…

A museum-quality, 'new antique' crafted of 90 year old re-purposed wood to accept visitor donations and merge with the mid-19th Century surroundings of Colton Hall.

The German WWII era Kriegsmarine bino’s – made by Schneider Kreuznach - were a handsome birthday gift, but clearly, it needed a case.  Perhaps a case evoking mid-Twentieth Century, and with a whiff of the sea. The case is in two parts: an inner ca…

Tantalus, Apothecary Box, or as we would term it today – Bar. I was looking to recreate the feel of an 18th Century piece, something that might not look out of place at Mount Vernon or Monticello.  In this I found some satisfaction. True to int…

Long ago, even before ATMs and drive-through church services, there was a critical need for back scratchers. Sometimes the nearby rubble or giant sloth carcass wasn’t suitable. Thus it was than Early Man, and likely Early Woman as well, invente…