High Back Chair made from Maine Coast driftwood, upholstered in white linen,mortise and tenon joinery.
I'm enthralled with the often overlooked and beautifully simple objects found along Maine's shores. Ordinary life in Maine is what inspires me. It's natural and abundant beauty - the people, the ever changing tides and weather, the light...being connected with such unparalleled surroundings, how can one not be inspired While the organic shape of driftwood draws me in, it's the color, tones and textures that attract me.

The elements have created the form, I only wish to utilize the effects of the sun, rain, and wind a little longer...

Whether I leave a piece in the environment in which I found it, or haul it back with me, curing allows each piece to obtain it's full color and textural potential.
I continually look after each piece until the desired brilliance is achieved. Whether the piece be lying just outside my shop, or if I must hike to it...simply turning, and keeping an eye on the subtle color changes is what I do.

• This wood is unlike any other. It is not milled or harvested.
• It is a found wood, naturally formed, and finished over time through exposure to outdoor elements.
• This often overlooked resource is given a second life.

A bed becomes a statement, polished smooth by waves, as if crafted by the sea itself. A lamp take's on a life of it's own from the twisting, knotted shape of a well-worn tree limb. A mirror becomes an 'objet d'art', delicately poised on an easel of silvery driftwood.

• It is certainly an unhurried process.
• My materials are naturally whitened branches, trunks, roots, twigs, and sticks - bits and pieces of what was once a tree...
• Some pieces are so beautifully crafted by nature's hand they are sculptures on their own.

Others when combined with copper, steel, glass, seagrass or natural textiles such as linen or cotton, come together to form interesting and one-of-kind furnishings, kinetic yet calming assemblages, or a mixture of both.
Each piece of driftwood has it's own shape, color, and texture and when combined must compliment each other, it's not as simple as it may appear.

When building a driftwood chair, the first question is what type of chair am I to build

Then the choice as to which branch or stick will work best Many considerations come into play.