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2026 Rapidan Camp is a historic site within Shenandoah National Park and is famously known as a vacation home for Herbert Hoover. The historic door at the rear of the Brown House was rotting from moisture, and the exterior of the bottom rail and stiles required a complex dutchman repair. The rotting material was routed…
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2026 In September of 2026, I began working with Alexander Leyvand of the Violin Shop of Old Carmel. The project is ongoing, and I will spend the next several months crafting a violin from scratch using a variety of traditional techniques. The process began using tiger maple for the ribs. Pieces are planed and sanded…
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2026 I had the privilege of working for 6 months at Shenandoah National Park, working on a preservation project for Boulder Cabin. The aim of the project was to preserve existing historical fabric and update facilities where applicable for modern usage as the Artist in Residence program housing. After stabilizing the building, rebuilding the chimney,…
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- Barstool Design
2026 I had the opportunity during my position at Boulder Cabin to design a barstool as furniture for the updated home. Due to time limits, I was unable to start the building process, but I did complete the CAD model and drawings for it. The design is based… Read more: Barstool Design - Shenandoah Archeology
2025 Phase I During my first half of my year at Shenandoah National Park, I oversaw the archeological program at the park, mostly working to do onsite advising for subsurface disturbance, though I had the wonderful opportunity to plan and perform a Phase I survey for the Dark… Read more: Shenandoah Archeology - Trailer Organization and Table
2026 During the Boulder Cabin project we found ourselves needing to migrate the tools to a new space as the building got closer to finished. I worked on mounting boxes in the trailer and built a small table around the front curved section. - Simple Table Top
2026 I purchased an IKEA wire basket organizer as a gift, but it came without a top surface. I used extra Poplar to do my first large edge to edge glue up and added a simple chamfer. - Book Page Holder
2025 This thumb page holder is Mahogany and Maple inlays. This was my first project and experience doing inlay work. - Display Case
2022 This display case was used in the Anthropology club recruiting table. The base was foam and the display was plexiglass. I discovered how difficult it is to cleanly connect thin pieces of plastic. I named the project Epoxy Fumes.
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