I polished this handsome wedge of English walnut (from a neighbor's tree-cutting), but kept some of the lighter sapwood around it (on the top left). I was aiming for some kind of an arresting look, I think. Yeh....Soon I removed it, then added the piece on the front, which made it into a bookstand, added another hue, and gave it a finished look.

I rounded this oak log, which had several large cracks in it (as it dried out). At first, I kept opening up the existing cracks. Then I went crack-crazy...Frankly, it was a lot of work for a pretty modest outcome. (A nonprofit CEO from Colorado bought it; he liked the New England wood.)

Like many pieces, this one began as a simpler form, then got reworked with more details. (Minimalism isn't always as easy as it looks.) I stained the "lead" tip, cut down the "eraser," so it looked used, and added the number "2" in shallow relief. (A retired editor bought it.)

After living with this tall, skinny plant stand for a couple of years, I realized that it was too brittle-looking. So I cut it down and added more detail (again): small, "forest-floor" pieces on the base.

This torso had a whimsy, with its Speedo-like shorts. But it also looked like an infant in diapers. I "stripped off" the shorts and replace them with a fig leaf (walnut). I also added a bare bum (you can see it in "Sculptures"). And the whimsy's still there.

This handsome piece of walnut I over-worked into a pretentious-looking "melting" column. (I actually showed it in my first exhibit--then stuck it away where no one had to look at it again.) Several years later, in a couple of hours, I cut it in half, hollowed out the two smaller halves, and viola: two holders on someone's desk now.

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