News
-September 18, 2008
San Diego Home and Garden Magazine has an article in the October 2008 issue highlighting exciting new home products that features two photos of my award winning Art Deco Chess Table from this years Design In Wood Show, click here to see a preview.
-August 31, 2008
I have new Art Deco furniture on display at Gallery M in Half Moon Bay, Ca. and will be their 'Featured Artist of The Month' next month. If you are in the Half Moon Bay area stop by the gallery and see some of my new work in person.
The San Diego Home and Garden Magazine '2008 Interior Design Guide' has an article on commissioning custom furniture highlighting two of my furniture pieces from the past few years, click here to see a preview. The article is titled Modern Jazz and starts on page 46 of the Design Guide.
-July 23, 2008
The Fine Art Woodworking Show is currently underway at the Orange County Fair through August 3rd. There are over 180 pieces of fine woodworking on display and I have been notified that my work was selected for four awards including:
-2nd. Place in Contemporary Furniture for my Coffee Table
-3rd. Place in Contemporary Furniture for my Breakfast Table
-Juror's Choice Award for my Breakfast Table
-Honorable Mention in Art Furniture for my Spiral Table
Also, starting this month and continuing through the end of August is the Artistry in Wood Exhibition at the Sonoma County Museum of Art. Last year my Campion Display Table won the Best of Show award and this year one of my new coffee tables was selected for an Award of Excellence.
-June 18, 2008
I decided to illustrate my design process for one of my new Art Deco pieces of furniture; specifically I put together a complete design layout board for my Ruhlmann style Art Deco Chess Table. This design board shows many of the important Art Deco details essential to accurately interpreting Ruhlmann style furniture and it shows how each of those details are applied to my Chess Table design. Click this link Chess Table Design Board to see the design process in more detail.
-June 14, 2008
The Design In Wood Exhibition has begun for 2008 and is filled with beautiful work in all forms, be sure to check it out before it ends on July 6th. If you don't make it in time click this link Design In Wood to see the San Diego Fine Woodworkers online photo gallery of the awards winning entries. I won several new awards this year including:
-1st. Place in Traditional Furniture for my Art Deco Chess Table
-3rd. Place in Veneering/Marquetry Furniture for my Dogwood Buffet
-The Master Woodworkers Trophy for my Cherry Sideboard
Also, this months Woodworkers Journal eZine has an artist profile on me written by Michael Dresdner featuring some of my latest work. Click the link above to view the article or check on my resume page for a full copy of the article.
-May 15, 2008
My show schedule for the summer has been finalized. I will have new pieces of furniture in the following shows:
-Once a Tree Gallery opening in Anaheim, May 24-July 31
-Design In Wood in San Diego, June 14-July 6
-Fine Art Woodworking in Orange County, July 11-August 3
-Artistry In Wood in Sonoma, July 12-August 31
-April 4, 2008
Check the May-June issue of Woodworker West Magazine for an in depth artist profile featuring some of my marquetry furniture and several pictures of new Art Deco work I have recently completed.
-March 2, 2008
Coming soon, a five part series on marquetry featuring my Gardenia Sideboard and Blue Ulysses Sideboard on the new woodworking blog CFT411. Created by two lifelong woodworkers CFT411 is going to provide readers with information on what is happening in the cabinetry and furniture fields and help them make smart choices for the future. Check in regularly to see tool reviews, new material discussions and professional profiles.
-February 6, 2008
Look for my artist profile in the March 2008 issue of San Diego Home and Garden Magazine. The SDHG photographer was in the shop recently and took pictures of some work in progress to be featured in the magazine. Additionally there will be several photos of my most recent marquetry embellished furniture along with a Q and A interview.
-January 1, 2008
The CT Fine Furniture website redesign is essentially complete. Keep checking back as photos of new work will regularly be added to the portfolio and new items of interest will be posted as monthly updates on the news page.