Sketch of Lift Chair

Meditation chair made from Knotty Red Cedar.

Meditation Chair for Astro Projection.

Baby Whale Belly Benches

2016

'20" x 36" x 20'' 

6 Benches

The Baby Whale Belly Benches are made from White Oak beams that were originally used as pedestals for the sculptures of the artist Dustin Yellin at the Samuel Freeman gallery. These upcycled benches  were custom designed for Samuel Freeman with a carving inspired by his family farm's freshly plowed spring fields that happened to look like whale bellies. 

Scissor Chair

2015

Reclaimed Douglas Fir, Scrap Leather

20" x 18" x 35"

I love folding chairs. I just hate that they fold.

But the shape is perfect. I stole the geometry from an old folding chair and put in some solid joinery to create this dining chair. Pretty simple really.

French stitch on the cushion made from leather cut offs. A rich red velvet fabric is used on the underside of the cushion.

Spring Back Bankers Chair

2008

Laminate Bent Ash, Aluminum Steel

I name this chair after the stock market crash in 2008 hoping for a speedy recovery.

I found two discarded Ikea chairs on the street and two old fashioned banking chairs in a dumpster I was scavenging beams from next to a bike shop in LA.

They all sat in the back of my shop for almost a year taking up space and not helping out with rent so I took them apart to throw away and this happened. The two carved bankers seats became the back and seat. The springs from the bankers chairs adjustments softened up the stiff wood seat making it very comfortable.

I had the plastic Ikea wedges sand cast in aluminum recycled from aluminum cans.

I never took this seriously but a photographer insisted on photographing it. She made me submit it to a blog called Ikea Hack where people DJ Ikea products into new products.

I didn't know there was a vote but apparently I got #2. Then it was picked up in blogs and magazines. It is now in the collection of Paul Ruscha.

Grasshopper Lounge Chair

2012

Urban Salvaged Persimmon

42" x 28" x38"

In 2012 there was a huge storm that knocked down a large number of trees at the Los Angels Arboretum. Saddened by the loss of some very rare trees the Arboretum invited artist to make work with the fallen material that would be auctioned off to raise money to repair the damages from the storm. With the help of the lead botanist I chose this beautiful no fruiting Persimmon. It is in the same family as Ebony and it is just as hard and beautiful to work with. The wood tone blends from dark grey to gram cracker tan.

The Grasshopper Lounge Chair sold at auction to the lead Botanist at the arboretum and was featured in "Windfall Show," at the Los Angels Craft and Folk Art museum.

Bubble Belt Chair

2015

Reclaimed Douglas Fir

48" x 24" x 40"

The Bubble Belt Chair is the most wasteful chair in the world! Designed to as a commentary on mass producing furniture that is over packaged and shipped around the world this chair allows each person who sits on it to have a fresh seat of super fun pop-able bubble wrap. Just pul the bubble wrap on the seat and a fresh set of bubbles rolls off onto the back and seat. Perforated plastic lets you rip of your seat for home popping.

The Douglas Fir is Reclaimed from a conveyor belt in cannery row. The material's former life as a fixture in mass producing can goods provides another layer to the mass production theme. The black holes in the seat and back are recesses from the metal grommets the conveyor belt rollers sat in. I used original steel grommets to hold the new conveyor belt rollers in.

This piece was purchase by film maker Dick Thompson and use in his horror film "CLAW" which won best horror short Film Quest 2018.

Kick Ass Chair

2015

Reclaimed Douglas Fir, Rubber Leather

48" x 20" x 35"

The Kick Ass Chair is a motivational chair. Sit down pull the two ropes forward, then let go and get a swift kick in the ass.

Just so many metaphors here but I made it at a time when I thought people who purchased mass produced products needed a kick in the ass to wake them up to how stupid that concept was. Support local artist instead. It may be a little more expensive but it is better quality and design.

I let people use it at the opening and it was so funny! The first person's face went from huge smiles to a puckered ouch and I burst out laughing with the gallery owner. People were lining up all night to get their ass kicked. More great metaphors.

For some reason I had a hard time selling this piece. I don't know? Its awesome for sure but people have hang ups. When Anderson Ranch asked for a donation to their auction I offered it to them. They auctioned it for a nice price and the money was donated to the ranch. It is now in a private collection in Aspen.

The Marshmallow Woodblock Print Bench is made from windfall Persimmon wood that fell at the Los Angeles Arboretum and Botanical Gardens in the 2011 wind storm. It features a relief carving that depicts a field of of growing marshmallow boxes. Before being turned into a bench nine hand rubbed vacuum pressed embossed prints were created from the bench top. This piece is part of an instillation that was shown at the Anderson Ranch Art Center in Aspen Colorado and will be featured at the Los Angeles Craft and Folk Art Museum.    

Persimmon wood & Spalted Oak Dunnage • 1 bench •  60" x 18" x 20'' 

available

The Lowback Chairs are made of recycled Douglas Fir and feature half lap joints and mortis tenons. The seat is hand carved to for comfort.     

Recycled Douglas Fir • 5 chairs •  20" x 20" x 30'' 

4 available