Early Work
Updated 01/13/2025 Voyager III
Material: Spalted-sycamore crotch, giant leopard moth, moss (all found)
Finish: Wood bleach
Tools: Die-grinder, drill, carving knife, chisels
Description: Featured in “Living Urn”, Gelman Gallery, 2024
Featured in the Gordan-Marshall Coping Shop, Carving Studio & Carving Center, 2023
30”x12”x10” 25 hours 07/2023
Finish: Wood bleach
Tools: Die-grinder, drill, carving knife, chisels
Description: Featured in “Living Urn”, Gelman Gallery, 2024
Featured in the Gordan-Marshall Coping Shop, Carving Studio & Carving Center, 2023
30”x12”x10” 25 hours 07/2023
Shepherd’s Dream
Material: Carved maple branch, basalt
Finish: None
Tools: Draw-knife, die-grinder
Description: Featured in the Gordon Marshall Coping Shop (CSSC), 2023
60”x4”x12” 18 hours 06/2023
Finish: None
Tools: Draw-knife, die-grinder
Description: Featured in the Gordon Marshall Coping Shop (CSSC), 2023
60”x4”x12” 18 hours 06/2023
Mule & Timestamp
Material: Carved Oak and Limestone
Finish: Rough graphite
Tools: Bandsaw, angle-grinder, chisel, diamond rasp
38”x20”x12” 35 hours 05/2024
Finish: Rough graphite
Tools: Bandsaw, angle-grinder, chisel, diamond rasp
38”x20”x12” 35 hours 05/2024
Watering Hole
Material: White Rutland Marble
Finish: None
Tools: Angle-grinder, chisels, die-grinder
Description: Featured in the Gordon Marshall Coping Shop (CSSC), 2023
24”x8”x4” 25 hours 07/2023
Finish: None
Tools: Angle-grinder, chisels, die-grinder
Description: Featured in the Gordon Marshall Coping Shop (CSSC), 2023
24”x8”x4” 25 hours 07/2023
ISNA
Material: Found fallen maple tree trunk in West-Rutland, VT
Finish: Shellac
Tools: Chainsaw, axe, pneumatic chisel, angle-grinder, reciprocating saw, die-grinder, palm-sander
Description: Permanently featured on the Nature Trail at the Carving Studio & Sculpture Center
66”x14”x14” 55 hours 08/2023
Material: Found fallen maple tree trunk in West-Rutland, VT
Finish: Shellac
Tools: Chainsaw, axe, pneumatic chisel, angle-grinder, reciprocating saw, die-grinder, palm-sander
Description: Permanently featured on the Nature Trail at the Carving Studio & Sculpture Center
66”x14”x14” 55 hours 08/2023
Curiosity
Material: Black washington Jade, polished graphite, walnut
Finish: 3000 grit sandpaper, tung-oil
Tools: Coldshop lathe, dremel, file, bandsaw, spindle-sander
Description: Featured in Woods-Gerry Gallery for Sculpture Triennial 2024
9”x3.5”x3” 30 hours 12/2023
Finish: 3000 grit sandpaper, tung-oil
Tools: Coldshop lathe, dremel, file, bandsaw, spindle-sander
Description: Featured in Woods-Gerry Gallery for Sculpture Triennial 2024
9”x3.5”x3” 30 hours 12/2023
How Minerals are Made
Material: Peanut obsidian, graphite, walnut
Finish: 3000 grit sandpaper, tung-oil
Tools: Lapidiary wheel, belt-sander, file, gouge
Description: Lapidiary experimentation
10”x4”x3” 12 hours 12/2023
Finish: 3000 grit sandpaper, tung-oil
Tools: Lapidiary wheel, belt-sander, file, gouge
Description: Lapidiary experimentation
10”x4”x3” 12 hours 12/2023
Synostosis
Material: Carved maple and mahogany
Finish: Tung-oil, graphite dust, wax
Tools: Bandsaw, drill, carving knife
Description: First use of graphite finishing technique
20”x8”x2” 30 hours 01/2023
Finish: Tung-oil, graphite dust, wax
Tools: Bandsaw, drill, carving knife
Description: First use of graphite finishing technique
20”x8”x2” 30 hours 01/2023
Io
Material: Carved rotten Mahogany, aluminum
Finish: Tung-oil, graphite, wax
Tools: Bandsaw, carving knife, drill, gouge, file, palm-sander
Description: Featured in Gelman Gallery for the Black Biennial, 2024
18”x4”x4” 20 hours 03/2024
Finish: Tung-oil, graphite, wax
Tools: Bandsaw, carving knife, drill, gouge, file, palm-sander
Description: Featured in Gelman Gallery for the Black Biennial, 2024
18”x4”x4” 20 hours 03/2024
Spoiled Fish
Material: Carved Basswood
Finish: Graphite dust
Tools: Carving knife, gouge
Description: Simple gestural sketch
Featured in Small Works show at Memorial Hall Gallery, 2023
5”x2”x1” 35 hours 04/2023
Finish: Graphite dust
Tools: Carving knife, gouge
Description: Simple gestural sketch
Featured in Small Works show at Memorial Hall Gallery, 2023
5”x2”x1” 35 hours 04/2023
Mahogany Horn
Material: Carved Mahogany, ash
Finish: Tung oil
Tools: Bandsaw, carving knife
Description: Hollowed form, cut down the middle for two halves
48”x8”x2” 45 hours 03/2023
Finish: Tung oil
Tools: Bandsaw, carving knife
Description: Hollowed form, cut down the middle for two halves
48”x8”x2” 45 hours 03/2023
Celebration
Material: Carved Walnut, steel
Finish: Tung oil
Tools: Jigsaw, carving knife, gouge
Description: First ever hard-wood carving
48”x8”x1” 60 hours 11/2022
Finish: Tung oil
Tools: Jigsaw, carving knife, gouge
Description: First ever hard-wood carving
48”x8”x1” 60 hours 11/2022
Birds of Paradise
Material: Carved Mahogany, steel
Finish: None
Tools: Jigsaw, drill, carving knife
Description: Exploration into fragility
10”x12”x1” 12 hours 10/2022
Finish: None
Tools: Jigsaw, drill, carving knife
Description: Exploration into fragility
10”x12”x1” 12 hours 10/2022
Parade
Material: Carved Mahogany, oak
Finish: Tung oil
Tools: Bandsaw, drill-press, carving knife
Description: Intuitive sketches, original pets
~10”x3”x1” 20 hours 10/2022
Material: Carved Mahogany, oak
Finish: Tung oil
Tools: Bandsaw, drill-press, carving knife
Description: Intuitive sketches, original pets
~10”x3”x1” 20 hours 10/2022
Walnut Totems
Material: Carved walnut
Finish: Tung oil
Tools: Carving knife, gouge
Description: Created throughout my first semester in the RISD Sculpture Department
~8”x3”x1” 40 hours 06/2022
Finish: Tung oil
Tools: Carving knife, gouge
Description: Created throughout my first semester in the RISD Sculpture Department
~8”x3”x1” 40 hours 06/2022
Plaster Palace
Material: Carved plaster
Finish: None
Tools: Drill, chisel
Description: Architectural exploration
12”x14”x12” 50 hours 03/2022
Finish: None
Tools: Drill, chisel
Description: Architectural exploration
12”x14”x12” 50 hours 03/2022
Bass Idol
Material: Carved Basswood
Finish: Mineral oil
Tools: Carving knife, gouge
Description: Second carving
10”x2”x1” 5 hours 02/2022
Finish: Mineral oil
Tools: Carving knife, gouge
Description: Second carving
10”x2”x1” 5 hours 02/2022
Balsa Idol
Material: Carved Balsa
Finish: Mineral oil
Tools: Carving knife, gouge
Description: First carving
Featured at the Joukowsky Institute for Archeology & the Ancient World, 2022
~10”x3.5”x1” 9 hours 01/2022
Material: Carved Balsa
Finish: Mineral oil
Tools: Carving knife, gouge
Description: First carving
Featured at the Joukowsky Institute for Archeology & the Ancient World, 2022
~10”x3.5”x1” 9 hours 01/2022
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