To defeat your enemy, you must know them. Bloodwood inlay on hard maple.

From bits to atoms

I’ve been collecting bits of hardwood (mostly neighborhood fruit trees that folks trim) and so finally i’m doing something with it. i probably have enough material for 4000 tiny spoons

you can never have too many clamps…

this series of knives is all finished now, but i have yet to properly photograph them!!

i have a show up at visual philosophy in san jose until the end of the month. it represents several years worth of growing and learning in the art of knife smithing. here’s a hero image courtesy my friend Marci

oh also i built a magnetic rack for my files and rasps and other misc tools

welcome people of twitter! here i don’t post anything ar/vr related, an instead provide quality analog crafting content. here is what the forge looks like today.

heat treating steel is a science, but the artist-on-a-budget in me loves experimenting. 50% successful today… i’ll take it

knife with a purpleheart handle

Artist residency this week with Trimpin!

Punch and drift for an axe head

Generative Joshua Tree landscapes via pen plotter

I made a voronoi patterned lamp today.