I am so proud and delighted to announce my first solo museum exhibition, The Longest Distance Between Two Points, is opening this Friday, March 7th at the Museum for Art in Wood in Philadelphia. The opening is from 5-8pm and there will be a gallery talk the following day from 11-12pm. I would love to see you there! Huge thanks to Sam Northcut, Mariah Moneda, Emma Senft, and the University of Wisconsin-Madison for giving me the space and help to make this happen. And, of course, huge thanks to Jennifer Navva Milliken, Amrut Mishra, and all the amazing staff at the Museum for this amazing opportunity. Photo by Mariah Moneda!
Haystack Mountain School of Crafts Session 5 Class!
Serious Play: Exploring Mechanical Movements through Wooden Toys
I am so thrilled to be heading to the other coast to teach a class at Haystack Mountain School of Crafts again this summer during session 5 (August 10-22). This class will run for two weeks and focus on simple wooden mechanisms used in toys and automata! All Levels. Come play with us on this gorgeous campus!
Port Townsend School of Woodworking: Summer 2025
I cannot wait to get back to the Port Townsend School of Woodworking and make bandsaw box cabinets with students this summer! In this class, which runs July 28th to August 1st, I will teach students my version of making bandsaw boxes, specifically to create unique, wall-hung cabinets with doors or drawers. Some basic wood shop skills are required. Check out the link to see more and sign up!
Wharton Esherick Museum Exhibition: Home As Self
I am delighted and honored to have a piece in the annual Wharton Esherick Museum exhibition. This year’s show, called Home As Self, is all about self portraits and my piece CHAIRchair received second place! The show runs through the end of August, and is worth a visit, for all of the works as well as seeing Esherick’s home and studio! For more information check out their website here.
And if you’d like to hear how Wharton Esherick’s furniture and work have influenced my own, tune in on zoom to a conversation between me and the magical Emily Zilber, the Museum’s Director of Curatorial Affairs. July 12, at 3pm EST. The link to sign up is here, and it’s free and open to the public!
American Craft Magazine Feb/March 2017 Issue
I am honored and delighted to have an article about my work in the Feb/March issue of American Craft Magazine. Many thanks to the folks who work at ACC, as well as Deborah Bishop for a lovely conversation and fantastic writing, and Harold Lee Miller for taking some amazing pictures of me in my space.
Furniture Society Conference, June 23-25
My fellow Windgate ITE Residents and I will be giving a presentation at this year's Furniture Society Conference (full disclosure, I'm on the Board of Trustees for the FS, but this marvelous plan was cooked up and implemented by one of the other residents). The presentation takes place on Thursday, June 23rd, from 4 - 5pm and is called, "Seven at the Center: the 2016 ITE Windgate Residents Collaboration Laboratory Presentation."
If you're in Philadelphia and interested in furniture, art, incredible makers and thinkers who love sharing their work with others AND know how to have a good time, I recommend checking out the whole conference schedule - it's not too late to register! Go to http://furnsoc.org/inspiration/annual-conferences/fs16/ for more information, and maybe I'll see you there.