Because a carefully designed and crafted piece of furniture stays close to its roots, it can fit into any setting. Within the framework of my given style, I make each piece to order, to meet individual needs and fulfill particular functions. I assist the people I build for in interpreting and realizing their own ideas in final form. The simplicity of my style is meant to complement and enlarge upon an established atmosphere, and my pieces are equally at home among period pieces or added to a casual living space.

For as many years as I’ve been making furniture, I still work alone. I take each piece from concept to its own degree of finish. To achieve the quality I’m looking for, I rely on tools and methods of joinery that are time-honored and respected as that of master practice. Each piece is signed and dated, having been built to last from one age to the next.

My early influences in woodworking were my two grandfathers, one a patternmaker and cabinetmaker and the other a jewelry designer who also built fine furniture for his own use. Although I pursued other interests for awhile, receiving academic degrees in chemistry and starting off on a career in environmental protection, it was their timely inspiration that I came back to follow.

Specialty woodworking and custom furniture making have been my trade for the past twenty-nine years, and my award-winning work has found its place in homes across the country. In the late hours I play jazz and Celtic music in the New Hampshire/Maine Seacoast area on an instrument of my own making.

Please contact me to discuss design requirements or for commissioning work. My studio is open by appointment; please call for directions.

(Picture above: Bass Violin, 7/8 size. Big. Spruce top, maple back and ribs, ebony fingerboard and tailpiece.)