My aesthetic sensibilities, expressed in turned and embellished wood, reflect both my scientific background as a physicist and my musical training as a cellist. My experience as a theoretical physicist has helped me develop a deep appreciation for the beauty inherent in simplicity while my musical experiences have helped me develop a sense of rhythm, harmony and balance.

I try to produce objects with simple, elegant contours which provide a canvas for the often hypnotic beauty of the wood’s natural grain and figure. In both physics and music (as in sculptural woodturning), simple forms can provide the basis for mesmerizing details and surprise.

The process of woodturning involves cutting and shaping wood while it spins on a lathe. As surfaces are revealed in the cutting process, new forms and new grain and figure emerge. In a very real sense, the process of turning involves a conversation with the wood, which, in the end, is a conversation with oneself.

Sustained physical control and concentration are necessary in the turning process. At the same time, one needs a sense of freedom and spontaneity to successfully create a graceful and balanced form. In the creative tension between control and spontaneity I strive for forms which celebrate the marriage between the pied beauty of nature and the balanced regularity of human artifice.