It may start as a block of hardwood, a length of steel, or what I call pre-art (material waiting for direction). I begin shaping, listening, paying attention.

Each step leads to another — a shift in grain, a change in balance, a better angle. I think of the process as a decision tree: small choices made along the way quietly guide the outcome.

I work with wood and steel to create knives, axes, bowls, utensils, and other custom pieces that balance function with beauty. Some begin as commissions. Others emerge from curiosity. All are shaped deliberately, step by step, until the form feels resolved.

I believe there is potential in the most unlikely materials. My role isn’t to force a result, but to discover it and bring it fully into the light.