When I am working on a problem, I never think about beauty but when I have finished, if the solution is not beautiful, I know it is wrong.
— R. Buckminster Fuller
I have experienced this first hand. In projects big and small, industrial or bespoke, when something is both beautiful and functional, it earns it’s place and elevates our experience.
Beauty. Function. Narrative.
These are the guiding principals of my work. As a process approach, these principles ensure that design solutinos are considered enough to create both form and material harmony, and tailored throughly, to enhance the uniqueness of the project. Each project is instigated by, and responding to, an existing narrative. Ideally the finished work tells us a story about how it came to be. It describes itself to us by the precise design decisions used to create it. In other words, the work speaks for itself.
I was raised and worked well into adulthood in the commercial fishing industry in Alaska. Simultaneously, I followed a passion for fine art, studying: drawing, painting, and sculptural work. Over time, this led to an increased interest in the built environment and 3D design, and in turn, my enrolling in California College of the Arts’ Architecture program.
Since then I have run my own design, construction, and fabrication studio, working on a wide array of projects at a variety of scales. From mass timber venues to precious devotional shelves, or from digital rendering to intricate joinery, my guiding principals remain the same.