My creative focus has always been on the process of making things. It drew me to enroll in Tyler School of Art in Philadelphia, where I was encouraged to participate in many different disciplines (drawing, printmaking, painting, and sculpture) while finding my own methods to work out ideas. I was immediately drawn to the physical interaction with three-dimensional objects in the making of sculpture.

Some years later, I found myself as an eccentric millionaire's personal carpenter. For five years under his unique creative direction, I was left free to experiment with construction techniques. I transformed a raw industrial space into a show room and offices for his business. The show room took the form of a scaled-down Bavarian village with freestanding buildings, animatronic figures, and a working waterwheel. The offices had some very intricate woodwork. After this I went to work in his mansion to reconfigure and repair items such as a secret mechanical door. His house contained an amazing collection of antique music boxes, music machines, and player instruments. (This house is now the Bayernhof Museum" in O'Hara Township.) These machines were encased in some amazing and intricate cabinetry, presenting themselves as free-standing sculptural items. This changed my view of what furniture could be: these items thoroughly integrated exquisite beauty and functional form. I started to study and research furniture and the intricate techniques of its construction. Sadly, in 1999 my patron passed away.

I decided to become self-employed and continue my exploration of furniture. My approach to design has been to create visual balance and gesture through scale and proportion. As the main decorative element, I often employ striking patterns of grain from carefully chosen pieces of wood. Carving and inlay are some of the techniques I like to use to quietly contrast and complement the natural beauty of wood. Inlay has become a recent favorite of mine because it allows me to use the wood as a surface and background for drawing. I continue to explore interesting design elements, and employ classic and modern techniques to best achieve the result my client and I desire.