I am a Boston-based maker and teacher who makes functional objects from wood. Motivated by questions of my purpose and the political efficacy of woodcraft, I hope to explore how wooden objects can facilitate human connection, enhance social engagement, and foster community. I strive to create objects that focus on collective use rather than individual ownership, pushing woodcraft beyond the creation of commodities and towards fostering play and enabling others to create beyond their wildest dreams.

Through my focus on the material culture of contemporary life, I examine the production, curation, and consumption of wooden objects in the context of late-stage capitalism marked by status obsession and climate catastrophe. I strive to challenge the elite who fetishize wood as an eco-friendly material morally superior to plastic and to deconstruct their justification of status through distinctions of quality, sustainability, and authenticity.

Balancing this reflexive and critical approach, my practice unfolds through slow, deliberate processes of making, collecting, and reuse. I pay attention to the afterlives of the work I create, always considering how they might  eventually be deconstructed and reassembled for a new purpose.