Cotogna Staging Table
Staging table for Cotogna in white oak.
Saru Sushi Bar Countertop and Tabletops
Tabletops and Countertop for Saru Sushi Bar.
Verjus Temporary Countertop
Temporary countertop for Chef Tusk and Lindsay’s new endeavor, Verjus.
Joshua Tree NP
Had a great time in Joshua Tree National Park. Camped at Jumbo Rocks for a few nights which is an amazing spot.
Wegner JH-501 Repair & Reweave
Repairing and re-caning one of my favorite chairs ever.
glas
This is the best short film about glass that I’ve ever seen.
and the world needs both of us.
This is a wonderful short film about Eric Hollenbeck and Blue Ox Millworks in Eureka, California.
Quince Winter 2015 – 60 Second Tasting Menu
Sputnik and Halfpipe, the walnut service pieces I made for Quince, make a short appearance in this video from Eater. Very nice.
Carl Hansen & Søn / Hans Wegner CH24 Authenticity and Restoration
Late one night I was reading the wikipedia page of Hans Wegner and realized that we both attended the same school in Copenhagen. I like that.
West Edge Design Fair 2015 – ShapeCrete Booth
We exhibited ShapeCrete at the West Edge Design fair in November 2015 in Los Angeles. This helped spread the word and we reached a lot of people, press, and educators down there.
Dwell on Design 2015 – ShapeCrete Booth
ShapeCrete was awarded “Best Design Material” at the 2015 Dwell on Design Fair in Los Angeles. We talked to hundreds of people and got them excited about this new malleable concrete mix.
3D Modeling the Moon Gate Knockouts
I only played a small role in this project, but I’m proud to have been a part of it. I’ve worked with Fu-Tung Cheng, founder of CHENG Design and CHENG Products (ShapeCrete) for the past 4 years or so. I’ve learned a tremendous amount about concrete forming, casting, and finishing from a design and fabrication […]
Bertoia Ottoman Stripping and Powdercoating
Harry Bertoia would be 100 years old in 2015. Knoll has a really nice video of how the Bertoia chairs are manufactured at the first link below and embedded above, and the second link has some nice stories about him. I love seeing the jig that each individual wire is fitted into before it’s spot […]
Bread Plates for Quince
Chef Tusk went to Japan and brought back a wooden plate. He wanted them for bread service at Quince, but in Walnut. I made two samples. One in Eastern Black Walnut (Juglans nigra), the other in Peruvian Walnut (Juglans spp.) to match the bread boxes. The first few plates took me about half an hour […]
Vintage Rolling Pin Modification for Quince
Chef Tusk at Quince wanted to turn a vintage Italian rolling pin into a piece to serve Tortellini. I’m not sure how old the rolling pin is, but it has a beautiful old patina and I’d guess it’s somewhere around 50-75+ year old. It’s made of beech wood, which is normally much lighter in color, […]
Modular Bread and Butter Boxes for Quince
These bread and butter boxes will play a large part in the new menu at Quince. They’re modular, stack-able, and produced in Peruvian Walnut.