My Story

I have always been a person who creates things. As child I drew, painted, sewed, knitted and crocheted - all the crafts available to a girl at that time. After excelling in middle school shop class I knew that woodworking was in my future somehow. My journey as a woodworker began in earnest while renovating older homes in the Boston area after leaving my career as an internal medicine physician to take care of my children.

I found carpentry so expensive and often poorly done that I started doing it myself. I worked on rough carpentry, then finish carpentry, and finally cabinets and complex built-ins. This work caused me to acquire tools, machines, skills and a profound love of woodworking. After completing the last possible elaborate built in project in my current house the logical progression was to start building freestanding furniture.

Although I consider myself primarily self taught, I attended the North Bennett Street School Cabinet and Furniture Making program for a year where I built my first piece of freestanding furniture in 2021. I have been producing furniture independently since that time.

My Work

Although I admire many furniture styles, I am inspired by the enduring beauty of furniture from the American Federal period and the clean geometric lines of Art Deco furniture. I aspire to make heirloom pieces of furniture that will endure for their design, materials and the quality of their construction.

I strive to create refined elegant forms with complimenting decoration. Detailed inlay, banding and veneers are integral to my furniture whether they be traditional fans or asymmetrically placed circles. Although I make modern furniture, I believe they will always be modern interpretations of historical forms. I have been a student of furniture design all my life and have an appreciation of many furniture forms and styles.

My creativity frequently springs from a beautiful piece of veneer or the rippling grain of a piece of wood. The meticulous research, technical problem solving, and project planning for a piece coupled with the careful choosing of wood, veneer and inlay is a process full of joy and excitement. Seeing furniture emerge from my thoughts, to paper, to wood and joinery, and finally to existence is deeply rewarding and fulfilling.