New Children's Museum Furniture
10/Oct/11
I have spent the last few weeks knocking out this furniture for the New Children's Museum in downtown San Diego.








98 Bottles Sign
05/Oct/11
A new wine bar opened up in Little Italy named 98 Bottles. Its a nice place with some great owners. I had the opportunity to make them a backlit street front sign. Its an aluminum face and backlit with an amber colored acrylic.

Here is a shot from a little further away.

Check out 98 Bottles HERE

Here is a shot from a little further away.

Check out 98 Bottles HERE
New Childrens Museum prototype
12/Sep/11
These tables and stools were prototypes for the New Children's Museum in downtown San Diego.


Oooh GOLD!
29/Jul/11
We finally silkscreened the lids for the folio cases. The clients logo was silk screened in gold and look amazing. Sorry for the horrible pic quality!!
(Iphone 5 where are you?)




(Iphone 5 where are you?)




Leather Laser engraved handles
30/Jun/11

I bought raw leather and shaped, dyed, and finished these leather handles. As a surprise to my client I had his signature laser engraved into the surface.
StayClassy reception desk sign installed
30/Jun/11

StayClassy reception desk sign installed but this iPhone camera is horrible!
StayClassy reception desk sign finished
22/Jun/11

StayClassy reception desk sign in finished and ready for installation.
StayClassy hallway sign finished
16/Jun/11

And here is the StayClassy S all finished and ready for installation.
StayClassy hallway sign in progress
15/Jun/11

This S is going in the hallway in the StayClassy offices. It is all assembled and welded, just need to apply some finish.
Miller 330 bp tig welder
11/Jun/11


My stepdad found this beast of an old school tig welder. Gonna have fun unloading this 900 pounder.
Etchells Worlds 2011 Championship trophies finished
10/Jun/11

Etchells Worlds 2011 Championship trophies finished and boxed, ready for pickup! They are prints of an original painting by Alexandre Renoir in a floating acrylic frame. I made custom laser engraved name plates from brushed stainless steel to match the hardware.
Diagraph stencil cutting machine
09/Jun/11


When buying some tools off a guy on the Coronado Navy base, I scored this old school stencil cutting machine made by Diagraph.
Folio cases for Alexandre Renoir in progress
08/Jun/11

I have been working on these folio cases to hold lithographs for the artist Alexandre Renoir. The finish came out great on both and this iPhone picture does them no justice.
Etchells Worlds 2011 Championship trophies
02/Jun/11


I had the honor of making 50 trophies for the Etchells Worlds 2011 championship regatta. This is them in progress stacked in my studio.
Walnut Cabinet
02/May/11


I had some really nice pictures taken of the new Virgin de Guadalupe piece in solid black walnut with green, white and red LED backlight. The veneered acrylic panel was cut with a CNC router and has 54 LEDs built in the back panel. The image is a Day of the Dead Virgin de Guadalupe.
Walnut Day of the Dead Virgin de Guadalupe
22/Apr/11

New Virgin de Guadalupe finished piece in solid black walnut with green, white and red LED backlight. The veneered acrylic panel was cut with a CNC router and has 54 LEDs built in the back panel. The image is a Day of the Dead Virgin de Guadalupe.
Walnut Cabinet with blue and white backlight
14/Apr/11

New Virgin de Guadalupe piece in progress made in solid black walnut with blue and white LED backlight. The veneered acrylic panel was cut with a CNC router and has 54 LEDs built in the back panel. The image is a Day of the Dead Virgin de Guadalupe.
Look at this thing!
18/Mar/11



I have acquired an Oliver No. 80 "Variety Saw", 16" sliding table saw. It's amazing how old machinery was made!
New Studio
26/Feb/11


Today I started moving into a new shop space on Kettner Blvd. in Little Italy San Diego.


















