From the Studio — carpentry

Check out this crazy conversion of our severely mis-used vintage library cabinet. With no labels, things just got stuffed (and lost) within it cavernous drawers. As we are fixing up our home office/studio we wanted this thing to do what it was born to do: organize (and look good doin it).

As many good ideas begin, this one started over a heated argument on how to bring this thing back to life. I was ready to...

Been working on some cool projects over at Found Vintage Rentals in Fullerton, CA. The owner, Jeni, is known for seeing hope in the hopeless, as far as furniture goes.

So with the help of my new HVLP sprayer and some salvaged tin from a burned down night club, we flipped this boring brown table into a really cool centerpiece for a little drinks and conversation;)

Here's how it went...

Brown beginnin's

My boy Jacob from Think Tank Gallery in LA called me about their upcoming show "Dude, Monsters!" and said they needed an 'out of the ordinary' installation related to skating. We soon came up with the simple question to guide the design..."What if Savador Dalí and MC Escher decided to go skating together in a dream? What ramp would they use?" Here's what we came up with...

After making skate-able gallery ramps for the RIDE show last year...

For my new line of California Coffee Tables I needed a good standard template that I will use to hand cut many new versions of this design from various types of wood. The original reclaimed version above was a bit too big for many living spaces + I need to maximize how much I can squeeze out of 1 sheet of plywood for more modern looking versions of the design.

I employed a bit of old and new school...

Had a fun design and display challenge assigned to me by
Found Vintage Rentals in Fullerton. They just moved into a beautiful new warehouse and needed a cool (and utilitarian) display for the many clients that will come.

So here it is before...

And here it is afters...

It's always fun at Found;)

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