Ad Astra
Backgammon board, closed. Peruvian walnut, curly maple, purpleheart, wenge and Bolivian rosewood. Lid hand-carved in relief after Van Gogh's The Starry Night, inlaid with fine silver and copper wire; stainless steel bands; Brusso hardware. Completed 2024. Private collection; not for sale.
Open: 24½" × 19¼" / Closed: 12¼" × 19¼"
Sold at Price: $4,000
Ad Astra, open
Interior of hand-cut marquetry carrying the architecture of Saint-Rémy; turned and pyrographed checkers. Completed 2024. Private collection; not for sale.
Open: 24½" × 19¼"
Ad Astra, relief and inlay
Detail of the walnut lid: hand-carved relief with fine silver and copper wire set in chisel-cut channels. Completed 2024.
Archivum Obscura
Writing desk. Cherry with a hand-aged, graded finish; brass hardware. Hand-carved Baroque panels, hand-cut dovetails, concealed compartment. Over 375 hours. Completed 2025. Private collection; not for sale.
54" W × 28" D × 32" H
Sold at Price: $5,000
Archivum Obscura, side panel
The client's initials worked into foliate scrollwork inside a Gothic arch; relief carved by hand in cherry. Completed 2025.
Archivum Obscura, panel in progress
Process image: layout burned with a laser, field routed down, then modeled by hand with chisels and gouges. Cherry, 2025.
Archivum Obscura, concealed compartment
The concealed compartment open. Cherry, 2025.
Archivum Obscura, dovetails
Hand-cut dovetails in cherry. 2025.
Sedes Umbrae
Chair, companion to Archivum Obscura. Cherry with a hand-aged finish, brass accents, hand-carved palmette crest rail. Completed 2025. Private collection; not for sale.
24" W × 22" D × 48" H
Sedes Umbrae, crest rail
Hand-carved palmette crest rail in cherry. 2025.
10/01/2026