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Commissioned work

Here you can select some exceptional and exiting projects:

New carvings in wood ,clay and plaster for Beacon Hill Books & Café, Boston, Massachusetts.

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New carvings in basswood for Bruton Parish Church, Williamsburg, Virginia.  In association with Dobson pipe organ builders.
New carvings in oak for St Peter's Church on Capitol Hill, Washington DC. In association with Noack Organ Cc.

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New carvings in basswood for Trinity Church Wall Street, New York. In association with Noack Organ Co.
New carvings in basswood for the Trinitarian Congregational Church in Concord Massachusetts. In association with Noack Organ Co.

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New carvings and pipe organ case in oak for Westminster Abbey, London. In association with William Drake Ltd.

 

New carvings in oak for Lincoln College Chapel, Oxford. In association with William Drake Ltd.

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New heraldic woodcarvings in basswood for William Drake Ltd.

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mahogany carved squirrel standing on books

Prototype wooden hand carved Corinthian capital

Designed with client

Clay model study inspiration of early Corinthian order capital

Clay model study inspiration of early Corinthian order capital

prototype wooden hand carved Corinthian capital

Prototype wooden hand carved Corinthian capital

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Prototype wooden hand carved Corinthian capital with astragal mounted on column

Replica carved bas-relief panel in Teak , copied from Karl von Rydingsvard 's work. Originally, the panels were commissioned by Arthur Curtiss James, owner of the Aloha II. Now on view at Mystic Seaport, Sea as Muse Exhibition

Progress, half-size maquette in wood and clay

carved teak panel featuring boat

logo , wooden mallet with carving chisel on top with a letter L above
The examples of work listed here includes many of the best looking  organ-cases.

 

Each are designed with two main factors in mind:
  • Their aesthetics and uses.
The organ cases appearances are greatly influenced by their interiors in where they are to be displayed.
Their styles and proportions are dictated by their architectural and ornamental surrounding elements. The same guidelines can be applied for designing a piece of furniture. Another important factor related to the proportion of an organ case is the dedicated space planned for it.
This requires the expertise of an organ builder to design the sounds for that particular acoustic. As an example: A chamber organ case is best suited for a domestic room rather than a large interior such as  a Cathedral or  a Concert room. An organ case is a substantial piece of furniture that shields a pipe organ. When designing pipe shades for an organ builder I study the interior from where the pipe organ is to become the main work of art.
My latest carvings are influenced by past historical restorations experience, this background together with the need of each particular new projects creates many challenges and this is what I enjoy the best.
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