So furniture building and woodwork are not things that I have any training in. I just like to dabble. That said, I like the challenge of working outside my medium. Most of my furniture has been made from driftwood that I've picked up along the shores of bays, lakes and rivers. There's something really soothing about sanding a piece of wood down to a glasslike surface and then varnishing to perfect shine. I know it's some really crazy furniture that would take a really wild house to look right in, but I like to think that it's what the Cheshire Cat would put in his house. But maybe that's because I like it all in my house.

"Slink"

Driftwood found on the shores of the Tugalo River and Hartwell Lake (Rhododendron and Oak), Handmade glass globes, and assorted hardware

2008

72" by 56" by 12"

"Abscond"

Detail of table top

"Slink"

Detail of glass globes

"Slink"

Detail of roots

"Abscond"

Spalted Maple and Poplar, acrylic paint

Made in Brent Skidmore's class, 2007

48" by 34" by 14"

"Abscond"

Detail of bottom shelf and front leg

"Abscond"

Detail of back legs

"Mermaid Chair"

Saltwater driftwood (cypress and boat transom), hand dyed silk shibori

Exhibited in Kim Davis' Jewelry Exit Show in Conjuction with her "Mermaid Costume", 2006

30" by 50" by 42"

"Mermaid Chair"

"Mermaid Chair"

Detail of dyed cushions

"Driftwood Lamp"

Cypress knee driftwood, lamp parts

2005

lamp base- 18" by 10" 12"

"Adrift"

aged cedar and plexiglass

72" by 36" by 18"

2004

This was my first wood table, and I wish I had a better picture of it, but these two are all that remain of it. Plexi isn't a sturdy material for that much weight and the whole table has since fallen apart. But I like the idea and hope to one day recreate it in a more suitable fashion.