Each winter since we’ve lived on the Sonoma Coast and made a daily practice of walking the beaches, I become mildly obsessed with the bull kelp that washes ashore in great heaps after storms. I’ve tried weaving the kelp into seat blanks, drying it as an iodine-rich jerky, and brewing it for a savory stock. […]
Author Archives: Scott
Furnishing Healdsburg Shed
Early sketch of my Shed Cafe Chair concept. I think of the new line of furniture I designed for Shed as belonging to the same extended family. Consisting of just four unique pieces- a café chair, a barstool, a ‘community’ table and a multi-use, ‘demonstration’ table, the line evolved slowly over the past two years, […]
Deep Craft Field Glasses
Each pair of Deep Craft Field Glasses is hand blown by glass artist Conrad Williams. Designed to complement the most rugged outdoor conditions, or the most refined settings indoors, each Field Glass comes with a matching, hand blown glass lid. These snug-fitting lids keep bugs and debris out of drinks outside, and double as coasters […]
Milling the Black Acacia
I took advantage of a break in the storms to mill two black acacia logs with my friend Shawn Gavin. One of the logs had unusually wide sapwood and neither had many branches, so we boule cut them both at 5/4″, leaving live edges. The logs were still pretty green but had been sitting for […]
Deep Jersey Meets the North Woods
Killian’s dad wore his Deep Jersey on excursions in Northern Canada Killian’s dad likes his Deep Jersey so much, they just ordered one for Uncle Whoop.
Tsuru Update
I designed a new paving pattern for the 17′ d path surrounding the sculpture Our Tsuru Project is nearing completion at the new Ralph L Carr Colorado Justicial Center in Denver. The bronze sculpture and stone benches have been installed, and the circular stone path modified to feature granite recycled from the old building, laid […]
Squalls of Fall
November morning over Bodega Bay The first squalls of fall spiral ashore in waves from the open ocean, lending drama to the sky and purpose to our stores of dry wood and kindling. The whales have begun their migration past Bodega Head. American Coot bob in tight clusters like black shadows in the surf while […]