Richard's Runaway

I'm  a craftsman and an artisan.  I have, over the years, worked with leather, plastic, cloth, paper and metal.  But I always come back to wood.  There's something about handling wood that's, well... soothing is probably the word that best describes it.  Just a few minutes spent shaping or finishing a piece of wood for a project will help me forget about the day's stress and problems.  You can stop at the bar after work if you want, I'll sit at my scrollsaw. 

I did, however, say that I am an artisan.  I'm not an artist.  Most of the projects that you see here came from pattern books.  I put the title of the book and the author in the description.  For more projects, ones for which I didn't have a pattern, check the "Metroparks Volunteer" page.

In the past I rented space in gift shops to display and sell the items that I had made.  Because of the difficulties involved with woodworking in a confined area (a one bedroom apartment), I've temporarily stopped offering my craftwork for sale.  I added pictures of my booth in one of the shops to show some of the other things I've done.