"Vino"

Gallery Project - Private Collection

Birch, Oak, Polar - 7 Layers - 2” Spacing - 15 color LED backlighting

50” x 50”

A bi-product of spending a good amount of time in the Central Valley and Coast of California is an appreciation for wine. Rolling vineyards, boutique wineries, and fine dining permeate the culture of these areas. Having had the opportunity to talk and work with experts in this industry I am struck by the amount of work every bottle of wine takes to bring to market. The time, attention to detail, and determination it takes for every step of the process to line up perfectly and create a complex and palatable end-result is incredible. I believe these traits can be directly applied to my process in woodworking so I couldn’t resist the opportunity to marry these two concepts into a piece of art. Hundreds of hours went into the painstaking detail on this project. Between the remote control backlighting, the lettering, the delicate spines on the grape leaves, and the way the grain plays throughout every component, there were a lot of new concepts introduced on this challenging project. As always I learned so much from the process and hope you enjoy the fruits of my labor!