Metal
Baby Anvil
2lb, Hardened 4140 tool steel
Forged during Winter Residency at the Penland School of Crafts in 2025
Long Arm Compass
Mild Steel and Bronze
Forged during Winter Residency at the Penland School of Crafts in 2026 for my friend Y-Sam
Garden Trowels
Mild Steel
Made for my friends and family
For all my gardeners near and far: I hope this growing season is fruitful!! Good Luck!
Top Tools
Tool Steel
Forged under the mentorship and guidance of Anna Koplik during spring concentration at the Penland School of Crafts in 2024
Tongs
Mild Steel
Made under the mentorship and of Anna Koplik during Spring Concentration at the Penland School of Crafts in 2024
Bolt tongs: 1/4”, 3/8”, 1/2”, 5/8”, 3/4”, 7/8”, 1”, 1 1/4”, 1 1/2”
Box Jaw: 1/4” x 1/2”, 1/4” x 3/4”,
Power Hammer Tooling
Case Hardened Mild Steel
Made under the guidance and instruction of Pat Quinn the executive director at the Center for Metal Arts. These top and bottom tools make up an essential toolkit, designed by Pat, for forging complex shapes under a power hammer.
Raising Hammers
Hardened Tool Steel
Made in collaboration with Adam Whitney, a master of metal and its movement. Adam approached me before teaching spring concentration at the Penland School of Crafts in 2025 to make a run of raising hammers specifically tuned to his practice and teaching style. With his specifications, I made a run of 15 hammers for him and his students all with slight variations in weight for different scenarios and projects.
Hardy Tools
Tool Steel
Anvil Stand
Fabricated Mild Steel and Pine
Made from a log that came down during hurricane Helene not far from my house for a 1914 200lb Hay Budden Anvil
Chasing and REpoussè Tools
Hardened W1 Tool Steel, Fabricated Brass
Made from a log that came down durring hurricane Helene not far from my house
Splitting Maul
Hardened 4340 Tool Steel, 7lb
Made from a log that came down durring hurricane Helene not far from my house
Froe
Tool Steel, 13” Blade
Made from a log that came down durring hurricane Helene not far from my house
Splitting Wedges
Tool Steel, 13” Blade
Made from a log that came down durring hurricane Helene not far from my house
Glassblowing Tweezers
1095 Tool Steel
Made from a log that came down durring hurricane Helene not far from my house
Torsion Chair
Rusted Steel and Cordage, 2022
A Spanish Windlass is a device for tightening or increasing potential energy within a closed system of rope. This chair uses this concept to explore the idea of torsion as it relates to seating by applying multiple instances of twisting force with lever arms.
Sitting Place Bench
Reclaimed Oak and Forged Steel, 19”x14”x4’, 2019
In a private collection in Boulder, CO
Knot Spoons
Mild Steel hot-coated with beeswax, 2026
Single overhand, Double overhand on a bight, Bowline, Figure 8,
Figure 8 on a bight — ongoing
Available for Purchase by request, email me!
Pizza Box Stool
Mild Steel hot-coated with beeswax, 2024
18” tall, designed to breakdown and fit in a standard 16” pizza box
Shelves for the things in my Pockets
“weathered” mild steel sheet, 2025
3 iterations for storing my every day carry — made under the mentorship of Hoss Haley
Forged Taper Candles
3-4hr burn Beeswax tapers, 2025-2026
Hand-Cast from Steel Forgings with Local WNC Beeswax
Available for Purchase through the Penland Gallery both online or in person
Walkn’ Around Candle Holders
Forged Steel hot-coated with Beeswax, 2025-2026
many iterations of chamberstick style candle holders - some are fabricated, most are one-piece forged
Available for purchase through the Penland Gallery both in-person or online
I-Beam Bookshelf
Painted Steel and Charred Pine
This piece was inspired by the idea of changing the visual quality of a line, through the inherent strength of steel and the fluidity of welding and fabricating metal structures. Through a study of process surrounding this idea, I worked out a method for for creating this I-beam-esque line quality in steel. With further exploration, I constructed a solid frame structure within this visual language which exploits the strength of welding and the grinders’ ability to hide those welds. All of this was done in pursuit of a piece of furniture that is void of the visual artifacts of production, allowing the line quality to stand on its own as a building block in three dimensional space.
BBQ Forks
Forged steel, Hot-coated with beeswax, 2024
Made under the mentorship of Anna Koplik at the Penland School of Craft
Road Salt Cellars
Ceramic Jars and steel shovels, 2026
Made in Collaboration with Sam Dodie Block — inspired by the road salt we frequently encountered during our time as Core fellows at the Penland School of Craft.
Available for purchase at the Penland Gallery both online and in person.
Wingnut
Forged steel, hot-coated with beeswax, 2024
This piece was inspired by the idea of changing the visual quality of a line, through the inherent strength of steel and the fluidity of welding and fabricating metal structures. Through a study of process surrounding this idea, I worked out a method for for creating this I-beam-esque line quality in steel. With further exploration, I constructed a solid frame structure within this visual language which exploits the strength of welding and the grinders’ ability to hide those welds. All of this was done in pursuit of a piece of furniture that is void of the visual artifacts of production, allowing the line quality to stand on its own as a building block in three dimensional space.
Venison
Patinated Cast Iron and Forged Rebar, 2019
This piece was made using the lost wax casting method at the annual Bliss studio and gallery iron pour in Monument, Colorado. The antlers started as a straight billets of rebar forged at one end. A mold was then made of the skull with the billets sticking out of the wax and the rebar was cast into the cast iron. After the metal cooled, the rebar was bent to shape and welded to give a more realistic texture. The “leather” panels on the front are patina’d cast iron with concrete nails stuck into the wax positive before molding. The mounting plate was fabricated out of steel. This piece won “3D Best in Show” at the 57th Annual Young People Art Exhibition as well as a Gold Metal in sculpture at the “2019 Scholastic Art and Writing Awards”
Steelhead
Forged and Fabricated Steel, 2019
I created this piece at the end of a 3 week internship with the Bliss Studio and Gallery in Monument, Colorado. During the internship I shadowed and worked with each of her employees in hopes of better understanding all that goes into running an individual, metal-based studio practice. I was taken through the process of customer relations, design and planning, production, finishing, and finally delivery and installation helping out at each step of the way. This piece was inspired by the color scale of steel, a light refraction pattern that occurs on the surface as the material is heated. A phenomenon which is readily found within the ebb and flow of temperature in a blacksmithing shop and something I noticed frequently during my stent.
Raisings
Silver, Bronze, Copper, Brass, 2025
Penland Tree Chair
Steel and Pine, 2025
Equal Measure Forgings
Forged Steel, ongoing
Photos taken in the Rabbit Hop gallery in Bakersville, NC.
DBO Slingshots
Bronze, 2022
