Top view.

Detail view.

Vertical grain walnut on the sides, white porcelain tops.

A set of 10 dining chairs with French walnut seat and surround wax finish, black matte patina steel bases, and ivory leather upholstery.

Beaumaniere limestone table with carved geometric pattern.

4 doors of a reverse diamond, crotch-flame Mahogany, auto body color and clear finish, white granite countertop, brushed stainless kick.

Cleft face with honed top.

This cantilevered side table allows more accessibility and defies gravity.  Cerused finish over white oak.

Burl top with stainless steel base, arched.

Cleft face with honed top.

I designed the table and chairs to work together for dining. Walnut diamonds on the top are happy with an African banding on the edge.

Burl top with brushed stainless steel base, splayed.

Fabrication and joinery process.

Asia and Africa mingle in this substantial seating.

Foyer table made of concrete, steel with blue patina, and bronze boxes.

Ziricote wood reverse diamond pattern top, crackled glass panel with bronze frame, bronze legs.  12' x 4.5'

Ziricote wood reverse diamond pattern top, crackled glass panel with bronze frame, bronze legs.  12' x 4.5'

Getting the proportions right ahead of the final product makes for happy end users.

This leather and velvet sofa with a marquetry cap, acrylic base panels that are backlit offer a quick and comfortable seat in a hip wine lounge.

White resin top, white oak legs.

The curvature of the sofas intertwine and provide conversational seating in this elegant home.

Solid walnut makes for a substantial presence.  Masculine and elegant.

The family pet is always at their feet.

Sunburst marquetry with neutral olive stain, polished finish. Movingue wood has sparkle in the grain.

The curvature of the sofas intertwine and provide conversational seating in this elegant home

A large marquetry table of lacewood in the frame, flame mahogany in the center, and Ank inspired legs make a welcome setting for wine tasting with guests.

Fully carved, oval seating, double gilded with a silver wash, crewelwork upholstery

Limestone and steel side tables with black patina.

Formality and whimsy are happy together in this dining room setting. Silver gilt, satin, and 18th cent. curvature.

Shoe cabinet of reclaimed Douglas fir and gun bluing steel back.

This tub was carved from a single block of Calacatta D'Oro marble. I went to Carrara to select a block that would have richness of veining, creamy white background, and interesting figure

Monolithic White Marble Block. Solid block of white marble with two basins.

Sink in white marble antiqued.

Fireplace surround in limestone as featured in California Home + Design.

Cleft face with honed top.

Always opportunity for movement.

Focusing in on a horn.

Statuario marble sink with gothic embellishment.

Cleft face with honed top.

This was an exterior panel on the entry to a grand Tuscan style home. I wanted a light and lifting feeling to the design, yet was grounded in the earth.

Limestone fountain with custom bronze nozzles in a pebble mosaic courtyard

Entry and balustrade carved in beaumaniere limestone.

Stone facade with carved architectural elements.

Pedestal sink in travertine marble

Pedestal sink in crema marfil marble.

Sink in book form.

Pedestal sink with a bronze mesh door.

Sink in monolithic black granite.

This limestone fountain is the center of a garden with a view. Carefully antiqued with a brushed gray granite basin adds a quiet joy and let's the natural world be the primary interest

Fireplace surround in limestone.

Pietra Dura is a wonderful, ancient art form that rises off of it's 2 dimensional surface. The interplay of color, sweetness of line, and pattern is what elevates the trumeau to standing with the weight of the surround.

The pietra dura hearth is like a Persian carpet at the feet of a richly detailed marble surround. The carved green marble tassels feel as if they've been hand tied.

A fully carved white marble fireplace surround of shells and acanthus foliage so sumptuous you want to run your hands through it.

Bollection Style, Halila limestone

My clients have a home by the bay and wanted the sea god to overlook the living space and water.

My clients have a home by the bay and wanted the sea god to overlook the living space and water.

The best effect is at night.  Beard spilling out to the hearth, crab in motion

tudor style

Rouge Griotte marble together with an asymetrical rococo design is the central focus piece for a formal living room

Limestone kitchen hood.

I designed and created this flooring which ran through multiple rooms. It starts in the foyer in a double helix pattern then moves to a looser arrangement the further it advances

Mosaic floor in marble shards.

These two Beaumaniere limestone niches are the perfect way to bring the inside out with floral arrangements to greet guests in the portico

A nod to Tibetian Buddhist carvers. Luscious features, solemnity, inner peace.

French walnut tub chair on a steel base with black matte finish.

Elements of white granite, mahogany marquetry brushed stainless steel base.

White porcelain tops, vertical grain walnut bases.

Wooden marquetry, cracked glass panel, bronze base.

Wooden marquetry, cracked glass panel, bronze base.

Ziricote wood reverse diamond pattern top, crackled glass panel with bronze frame, bronze legs.  12' x 4.5'

Walnut slabs with epoxy river center.

These are done in the late 17th century. 

Parisian style

Closed & open view.

Carved in various wood with inlay.

This oak surround reinforces the image of a gentleman's billiards room. 

The central crest of a Dahlia and delicate daisy chains.

The joy is in the details.

The Tudor style.

A wooden chandelier filled with movement. The double gilt of gold catches and releases maximum light.

This pair of pearwood frames gives one the feeling of being in an aviary seeing a reflection of you.

Base on a design by MC Escher, this marquetry panel is comfortingly kinetic.

Wind blows across the hair of this spirit.

A 25th wedding present for a devout couple.

First start with a concept, that concept on paper, think out the execution, then the physical part.

This is a walnut panel from a library. Growing, stately, and calming altogether.

Yellowheart and Claro walnut bring this pattern to life.

Our national emblem carved in wood, gilded.

Romanesque inspired columns and casing frame a curved marquetry niche.

Serpentine chaise with gilt finish.

Back view

Original concept - take a 51 Studebaker sedan, turn it into a Woody fastback. To add more innovation - take the traditional maple frame and use only quilted maple

Back/side view

Carpathian Elm burl for the interior wood with a carved family crest facing the rear seating.

Carpathian Elm burl for the interior wood with a carved family crest facing the rear seating.

This Delage was the only one of it's kind built. Restoring the structure to original quality.

This Delage was the only one of it's kind built restoring the structure to original quality.

A wall-mounted fountain.

Traditional Japanese temple crests fiercely guarding the sacred.

I love sumptous acanthus in decoration.