“My most recent work, Beaver Chew Furniture, is a collaboration between the beaver and me, along with some design input from my wife, Martha.” Beaver Chew Furniture is made from the sticks left behind after the beaver has eaten the bark and leaves.

“Many works actually begin in the canoe in some remote area of Michigan’s Upper Peninsula. As I collect the sticks, I am visualizing how these found objects will create my next piece”