From the Studio — Vintage

I've always been known to prefer photographing furniture outdoors for lighting reasons. In public places this can make for awkward glances, etc. But when I then start printing the pieces are acrobats from Cirque de Soleil, then things start to get interesting...

I'll bet these vintage pieces here are thinking, "I'm too old for this @#5$*!".

Originally built in my formative years while working for Pine Creations in LA, I just 'finished' this dresser today!

The age you see on it is both man and element made. It was built and 'antiqued' by my 19 year old hands then given to my mum for a stint. She recently handed it back (spacial issues nothing personal;) but I let it sit outside for a good 6 months! Of course this was a purposeful strategy to get that greyish sun-aged tone that is nearly impossible to mimic.

So I recently...

You ever heard the old saying, "The shoemaker's children have holes in their shoes"?

Well I do what I can to defy that saying. So consider this post my protest and documentation that my better half does get to reap the benefit of being married to a carpenter.

Our daughter's 1st birthday was quickly approaching and we needed some good outdoor entertaining furniture. So instead of renting plastic folding tables and...

I thought I'd post some recent collaborations with my creative partner in crime/wifey Pamelove Muñoz. Not only is she my eagle-eyed quality control inspector, she has an almost supernatural gift for finding pricey vintage treasures at next to nada! Then she makes even cooler stuff with it.

This summer she has been hard at work making things for our daughter's 1st birthday party. We having many projects in the works, tables, tents, cake stands etc...but here are a few that have have been recently been deemed done...