I am a queer woodworker and artist whose practice is becoming increasingly centered on green woodworking and vernacular chair forms. Working primarily with green, locally sustainably sourced wood, I am interested in the relationship between material, process, structure, and the body. Through hand-tool techniques and traditional joinery, I approach wood as a living material, allowing movement, tension, asymmetry, and natural irregularities to remain visible within the work.

I find myself particularly drawn to traditional post-and-rung and ladderback chair forms, not as static historical objects, but as living systems of knowledge shaped through generations of use, labor, and adaptation. Recreating and studying these forms allows me to understand proportion, structure, movement, and the subtle ingenuity embedded in generational craft traditions. Rather than replicating historical work exactly, I am interested in how these practices can continue to evolve through contemporary methods and material responsiveness.

Influenced by Appalachian craft traditions and contemporary studio furniture, my work exists between functional object and sculptural form. Through seating and functional pieces, I explore ideas of labor, utility, imperfection, and adaptation, creating work that feels tactile, grounded, and alive.