I make furniture on Vancouver Island on Canada’s west coast. In 2006-2007, I studied with Robert Van Norman at the Inside Passage School of Fine Woodworking located on the Sunshine Coast of British Columbia. Before he opened his school, Robert studied with James Krenov at the College of the Redwoods in California, and he modelled his school after Krenov’s attention to detail, respect for materials, and focus on the heart and soul of the work.
My work has been exhibited in Canada and Barbados, and was featured in Fine Woodworking Magazine, Design Book Eight, and Furniture: 102 Contemporary Designs.
If you are interested in purchasing or commissioning a piece, please contact me by email.
About Me
Lancaster Gallery, Barbadian Furniture, Barbados, March-May 2009
Holders Season 2009, Barbados, March-April 2009
Lancaster Gallery, Dennis DeCaires, Barbados, January 2009
NIFCA, Barbados, November 2008
Holders Season 2008, Barbados, February-March 2008
Cascadia Exhibition of the Furniture Society, Victoria BC, June-Aug. 2007
Gallery Streetsville Artisan Showcase, Mississauga ON, November 2004
One of a Kind Show and Sale, Toronto ON, April 2004
NIFCA, Barbados, November 2000
Habitat Show, Barbados, September 2000
Exhibitions
Fine Woodworking, “Low-Cost Lumber”, May-June 2009
Living Barbados, “Make It Mahogany”, March-May 2009
Fine Woodworking Design Book Eight: Original Furniture from the World’s Finest Craftsmen, Scott Gibson, 2009
Fine Woodworking “Furniture: 102 Contemporary Designs”, 2008
Fine Woodworking Reader’s Gallery, Chair, November-December 2007
Fine Woodworking Reader’s Gallery, Screen, July-August 2006
Publications
Inside Passage School of Fine Woodworking, Canada, Sept. 2006 — May 2007
Rosewood Studio, Canada, July 2003
College of the Redwoods, USA, June 2000 and July 2002
Training