Furniture Designs and Commissions
Furniture Maker's Statement:
The rich history of furniture design gives me endless opportunities to interpret it as a contemporary artist-blacksmith. I have no strong attraction to making furniture with primarily sculptural purposes or sculpture that assumes the role of furniture.
My furniture gives a clear sense of comfort: Comfort in its functional purpose; comfort in it’s craftsmanship; comfort in its time and space; and comfort to behold.
I think a piece of furniture only becomes a work of art when the design and the craftsmanship inspire each other and meld into a single accomplishment.
Hand crafted steel is a versatile and beautiful material for furniture. The hand worked element is what satisfies me in a completed piece.
- Invitational Exhibition: 'Esque Chair, Stone Top Table, Knotted Table, Tubendstil Table, Penny Scroll Table.
Middleburg Arts Project, Middleburg, VA - Juried Exhibition: "Art We Use"
The Dairy Barn Arts Center, Athens, OH
- Commission: Reception Desk and Conference Table
Britt-Reed Law Offices, Martinsburg, WV
- Publication: Stone Top, Knotted, Tubendstil, and Quadrat-Motif Tables
"Ironwork Today 3" Atglen: Schiffer, 2011 (pp. 24-27)
- Blue Ribbon (First Prize in Class): Tubendstil Table
Hancock Arts Council Community Art Fair, Hancock, MD
- Juried Exhibition: Knotted Table
"Iron: Forged, Tempered, Quenched" Houston Center for Contemporary Craft, Houston, Texas
- Museum Exhibition: Stone Top Table
"West Virginia Juried Exhibition, 2009", Huntington Museum of Art, Huntington, WV
- Museum Exhibition: Quadrat-Motif Cocktail Table
"From Raw to Refined: The Creative Path of Master Craftsmen"
Reading Public Museum, Reading, PA - Publication: Stone Top Table
"500 Tables: Inspiring interpretations of function and style." Ed. Ray Hemachandra. New York: Sterling, 2009. (p. 221) - Juried Exhibition: 'Esque Chair and Stone Top Table
"Best of West Virginia 2009" David L. Dickerson Fine Arts Gallery at Tamarack, Beckley, WV - Juried Exhibition: 'Esque Chair, and Quadrat-Motif Table
"West Virginia Art & Craft Guild 7th Biennial Competition Exhibition"
Wheeling Artisan Center, continuing to Concord University, Athens, WV - Invitational Exhibition: Lightning Table and Iron-Anne Table
"An Artist’s Point of View" David L. Dickerson Fine Arts Gallery at Tamarack, Beckley, WV - Invitational Exhibition: (Six pieces: five tables and one chair)
"Guilded Tulip: 35 Masters in the Field of Craft" Pennsylvania Guild of Craftsmen, Lancaster, PA - Juried Exhibition: Stone Top Table, Tubendstil Table
"Ohio Designer Craftsmen Best of 2008" Ohio Craft Museum; Springfield Art Museum; French Art Colony, Gallipolis, OH - Juried Exhibition: Stone Top Table
"A Twist on Tradition: National Juried Exhibition" Artisans Center of Virginia, Waynesboro, VA
- Juror’s Award of Excellence: Stone Top Table
"34th Annual Member's Craft Exhibition" Rehoboth Art League, Rehoboth Beach, DE
- Best in Show: Tubendstil Table
"West Virginia Art & Craft Guild 6th Biennial Competition Exhibition" Arts Centers in Parkersburg, Hurricane and Wheeling, WV - Juried Exhibition: Knotted Table, Stone Top Table
"West Virginia Art & Craft Guild 6th Biennial Competition Exhibition" Arts Centers in Parkersburg, Hurricane and Wheeling, WV - Juror’s Award of Excellence: Tubendstil Table
"33rd Annual Member’s Craft Exhibition" Rehoboth Art League, Rehoboth Beach, DE