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Japanese Garden Torii Gates
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Last year I got a call from the Administrative Services Manager for the city of Dallas, Oregon.  She explained to me how they were revitalizing the Japanese Garden that is part of large 35acre park in the city and wanted to commission 3 japanese style torii gates for the garden entrance.  The original Japanese Garden…

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Various Signs
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Various signs of the past year…  Here are 6 signs I have made in the last year.  All of these signs are made from salvaged old growth red cedar driftwood with mortise and tenon joinery.  Carved and painted by hand with OneShot black sign paint and finished with 2 coats of OSMO exterior UV protection…

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Nature School Trail Project
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The Collingwood School in West Vancouver contacted me (Thanks Kendra) about making some signs and benches for their new outdoor nature program they were creating in a beautiful section of forest on the property, which included a series of trails and outdoor learning spaces for the children to learn and experience nature.  Kendra came across…

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Swallow Pole- Carved Cedar Sculpture
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I love it when this sort of project comes along… it’s not your normal sort of commission, but because George is an art lover, with his renovation of this small space he felt art needed to be built right in!   In the reno a wall was removed but because it was structural they had to…

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Hope Bay Sign
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This project was special to me as it’s just down the road from where I live and I go there often.  Hope Bay is a heritage building which was one of the original docks and stores on Pender Island that mostly burned down and was rebuilt by a local community collective.  This beautiful sea side…

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‘Unfurl’ Cedar Sculpture Series
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The ‘Unfurl’ series is a new group of cedar sculptures I have recently made.  There are four unique pieces in the series ranging from 18″ to 49″ tall, all with wonderfully weathered sandstone bases.  Each piece is carved from old growth red cedar driftwood that I have salvaged from the beaches around the Salish Sea…

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Street-To-Home Cedar Bench
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I was approached by the Street-To-Home non profit society to make a memorial bench for one of their founders who was retiring.  What a great cause to support with my woodworking.  I designed the bench and layout of the wording working with their team to find the right fit.  It was interesting to make their…

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Hand Split Cedar Dining Table
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This dining table was commissioned along with one a coffee tables.  The table is made entirely from old growth red cedar driftwood.  To make the tabletop, I took slabs of cedar I had salvaged from the beach to a friend with a portable mill.  He milled them into 1-1/2″ planks which allowed me to do…

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Orca Fin ‘Ocean Sun’ Cedar Sculpture
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Orca Fin Sculpture was a fun barter project with my dentist.  His partner told me they saw some lovely whale tail sculptures in Hawaii and were inspired to ask me to trade any sculpture of my choosing for a certain value.  The whale idea stuck in my head and I found this perfect fin shaped…

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Four-sided Cedar Picnic Table
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A unique picnic table project came my way from a friend and local cob oven baker.  He was looking for a square 4 sided picnic table, so I designed this one to work with the reclaimed  red cedar wood I am using, and it turned out very well.   It is made entirely from hand split,…

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