It is amazing and daunting and beautiful and dated and strangely relevant. Enjoy!

With 1,000 custom drink tokens, Aspen needed a place for drinkers to “deposit” them. #woodworking #reclaimed #aspen #laserengraved #custom

Giver of Stars! 🥰

I love celebrating unique, 1-off projects, but sometimes woodworking is production work. Cranking out 1,000 of anything is a challenge for a solo entrepreneur. Saturday night working to deadline… #woodwork #woodworking #entrepreneur #business

New project for a new client. 1,000 tokens from vintage Aspen barn siding. #woodwork #art #production #smallbusiness #notetsy

A lot Christmas tree stands in the middle of a European-style holiday market space with a crescent moon in the black sky

Tomorrow night this space will be filled with holiday shoppers enjoying what looks to be a warmer evening than last year’s Christmas Market. Tonight I took a moment to enjoy the peace as the moon hung above. #holiday #christmas #winter #night #woodworking #gjincubator

I design and make all my own packaging for my coasters and earrings. I love the creative expression and control it offers, but the late nights can be a drag. It does help that my “printer” shoots laser beams. #packaging #wood #paper #art #laser

Fire and Ice. Laser cut ornaments in old Aspen barn wood. #woodworking #Wood #art #laser #winter

Warm and refreshing. Welcome!

#woodworking #woodwork #wood #art #recycle #reclaimed #furniture #lamp #oak

When I first started, there was a high-end cabinetry shop next door. They filled dumpsters with hardwood drop and trim. I used to sneak into the dumpster and grab a stick or two most evenings. Once I asked about a specific piece and they offered their forklift for the whole load. Trim Lamp in oak

I often bring a piece into my studio that catches my eye and spend a year or more walking by it, waiting for it to be ready and for me to be ready to see the path forward. This piece took almost two years before I saw the way.

Grey side of this end table sets the Gold and orange glow from the top of this stump are contrasted by the dark grain and resin fill and the shine of a steel spar across a prominent crack with bent, black x shaped legs

Gold and orange glow from this stump are contrasted by the dark grain and resin fill and the shine of a steel spar across a prominent crack

The grey edge of the end table is muted and showcases the gold and brown colors of the top

Grey and Gold End Table - this end table showcases the brilliant character of wood by contrasting a dark grain resin fill against the glow of the gold through brown color of this stump. Steel bar spar across a prominent crack. #woodworking #art #furniture #reclaimed #cottonwood

A pair of earrings made from wood and red and white and pink resin

Eastern cedar wood earrings with white and green resin

Creating my furniture generates a lot of drop (trim, cutoff, scrap). Instead of tossing it, I save it and make earrings.

#reclaimed #circulareconomy #wood #recycled #art #jewelry #woodworking #colorado

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Thank you. It was a fun project and was so successful that the Library Foundation received a bunch of additional donations after the project so the donor could get a “book” on the wall.

#reclaimed #wood #art #local #colorado #library #donor #community #books

The Donor Wall greets visitors at the main entrance of the new Clifton Branch Library

Each book has the name of a donor that helped make this Branch happen

The books are laser engraved with the names of donors on a piece of reclaimed, locally salvaged wood

This project was built ahead of schedule and under budget thanks to the overwhelming support of the community

Mesa County Libraries and the Mesa County Library Foundation built an amazing new branch library in Clifton Colorado and I had the opportunity to create the Donor Recognition Wall. Inspired by the books, I created donor plaques for each donor like the spine of a book. All from local reclaimed wood.

Here’s a closeup of the stack of three layers. Each one is treated with a different patina so the layers show through the negative spaces of the layer above it.

#woodworking #art #award #reclaimedwood #colorado #economic #development #EDCC #EDIE #senator #beavercreek

Colorado Senator Dylan Roberts holds his Legislator Lifetime Achievement EDIE Award made from a hollow Aspen log and layered steel core

A collection of the 2024 EDIE Awards before delivery to the Economic Development Council of Colorado made from a hollow Aspen log and layered steel core

I had the opportunity to create the 2024 EDIE Awards for the Economic Development Council of Colorado. The awards were announced at the EDCC’s annual conference which was held in Beaver Creek, Colorado this year. I built the award out of a hollow Aspen log that frames a layered steel core.

It is an interesting wood to work with. Bottom of most people’s list of wood to turn to, but I love the character of the wood. Most cottonwood trees have lived hard lives and have acquired plenty of interesting detail.

It’s a long span and definitely has some dynamic nature to it. In fact the feet on the legs are designed to allow for that motion. Trees move in the wind. This bench sags a little when seated upon. It makes for a lovely seat. Especially located at the foot of a bed.

Wooden bench at the foot of a bed made from wormy cottonwood with a black resin down the middle with spare stitching across the resin

Showing the worm hold features of the bench

Top view of a Wooden bench at the foot of a bed made from wormy cottonwood with a black resin down the middle with spar stitching across the resin

Wooden bench at the foot of a bed made from wormy cottonwood with a black resin down the middle with spare stitching across the resin

Stitched River Bench explores spars stitching across the resin pour of this bench. Made from pieces of worm eaten cottonwood, the bench celebrates the character of wood and is emblematic of my “flaws are features” approach.

#reclaimed #wood #furniture #river #cottonwood #resin

engraved wood sign with a coat of shiny spar varnish drying

Sign work in progress. The second coat of spar varnish on this exterior sign is really highlighting the grain of the cottonwood on this sign for Castle Valley Inn. #wip #woodwork #reclaimedwood

Yes. An urban tree salvaged locally.

Salami, sweet peppers, blue cheese, and sliced pickles on a red and white live-edge charcuterie board

Salami, sweet peppers, blue cheese, and sliced pickles on a red and white live-edge charcuterie board

Salami, sweet peppers, blue cheese, and sliced pickles on a red and white live-edge charcuterie board

Fridays are for fun finger food on a unique charcuterie board. This one is filled with grain and natural bold colors and a live-edge that helps make it easy to handle. #reclaimed #wood #colorado

Artist Series: Deconstructed Centipede Bench #woodworking #liveedge #furniture #art

Artist Series: 3:1 Deconstructed Bench in Spalted Cottonwood and steel
#woodworking #reclaimedwood #art #bench #liveedge

#woodworking #reclaimedwood #colorado #woodfurnture