Full scale bar cart on casters with miniature "back bar" as the "drawer front". Frame is industrial in style with square tube steel framing. Rusted patina'd panels enclose the cabinet and drawer sides. Cart top and lower shelving is all solid black walnut with a natural oil for a rich finish. Other materials include LED lighting, salvaged metal and vintage watch face, frosted marbles, and miniature glasses and bottles. Inspiration came from the vintage James Joyce back bar in Baltimore that was shipped from Ireland. 
38” wide x 23-5/8” deep. Overall height is 37-1/4”

Inspired by the iconic kitchen of Julia Child.  Steel furniture and appliances welded and shaped into miniature replicas of their full-scale counterparts. Includes vintage wooden box, copper plumbing parts and copper mesh, brass escutcheon pins, and handmade paper books. Glass and cast metal place settings from other artisans.
12" tall x 20" wide x 9.5" deep

Miniature room made of welded steel with an office theme set on steel rails within a weathered steel table frame and under a thick glass top. All miniature books are handmade to create a custom color palette of autumn leaves. Other materials used include bicycle spokes, rusted/heavily patina'd farm tool fragment and jewelry findings.
19" wide x 40" long x 24" tall

Bookcase within a book! Library sculpture could be stand alone or a bookend. A full scale rusted steel open “book” revealing a miniature bookcase. The book "pages" are made of vintage newspaper print plates. Handmade mini paper books with miniature accessories line the miniature shelves.
8.5" tall

A miniature vignette of the classic television show set within a vintage mid-century modern wooden desk drawer.  The iconic artwork and furniture, such as the flat file cabinet and the Mondrian-like back wall, re-imagined in steel and copper...in miniature. The warm grey steel of the instantly recognizable "Mike Brady stairs" complement the weathered and rusted steel which represent the stonework of the fireplace and built-in planter. Materials include cold rolled steel, rusted/heavily patina'd steel, wood, mid-century modern wood drawer, live air plants,  jewelry chain, wrist watch parts, found key, earring and a metal clothes pin. Glass bottle and pottery vase from other artisans.
19" wide x 19" tall x 7" deep

During some of my travels, I visit the historic libraries of the towns and cities, finding their inherent beauty to be peaceful places of culture, community, and learning.

Nearly everything is either made of or made to look like BOOKS! Banning and censoring books are some of the first steps taken to create an autocratic society to keep people in line and not question authority.

This miniature vignette was inspired by episode 8, season 1, of the Twilight Zone, released on November 20, 1959, and directed by Rod Serling.  The same set, located at MGM in California, was used for the 1960 movie version of H.G. Wells' The Time Machine. I recreated the ruins in steel. The original loosely resembles the New York Public Library evidenced by the overturned arch. The grand stair represents a stack of books realigned, the risers are reminiscent of page edges. The spines of the books, listed on the side of the vignette, are titles referenced in the episode, other Twilight Zone episodes, or favorites of Rod Serling. Stainless steel mesh is used to represent the fabric covering of hardback books. I combined the scene of the vault with the library steps. The vault represents four books without covers making up the thick walls. The exposed pages are made of vintage printer plates and wire. The vault door locks and gears are clock and watch parts.

Henry Bemis, a bank clerk, just wanted to read, his favorite pastime. Wanting to talk about what he was reading, Mr. Bemis’ boss, bank customers, and even his wife just didn’t understand. So he would lock himself in the bank vault during lunch time, with newspaper tucked under his arm. While in there, an explosion happens (barely noticeable, the newspaper headline had said “H-BOMB C…). Picking himself up after being knocked off his chair, he ventures out of the vault. Total destruction. The bank, his town…all rubble. He finds the remnants of a grocery store and feels reassured he can survive but as he wanders through the ruins, despair starts to set in…until he sees the sprawling steps of the public library. Books tumbled down the steps. With excitement, he starts stacking his favorite novels in the world…January, February, March…Time Enough at Last he says dreamily as he notices the Library Clock…but once he sits and reaches for his FIRST book to read, his glasses fall from his face and the lenses crack. By far one of the most eerie endings on film. 

26" wide x 13" deep x 13.5" tall. 2019.

This is one of a six part sculptural series of library scenes represented in film, television and literature. This vignette combines materials of varying scales in which the Victorian parlor is depicted in Ray Bradbury's book and Francois Truffaut's 70's movie version. A three tier bookcase becomes the various levels of a Victorian parlor and a woman's forbidden library in the attic. Again, a play on scales with classic books on the upper and lower shelves, while a miniature bookcase is revealed on the upper "attic" level. This is the forbidden library in a not too distant future when it is illegal to read or own a book. Reminiscent of Stasi led Germany and the current assault on education and culture as we know it. Libraries are losing their significance. The middle tier is the miniature vignette after the "firemen" have discovered the library in the attic and have thrown the books over the railing  - this is just before the house is set afire. A powerful scene turns the power around when the woman takes out her own match, taking control from the "firemen" awaiting to make an example of her. 

The scene is a one inch to one foot scaled miniature made of steel, copper mesh, paper books, a marble, vintage keys from Nuremberg and a child's silver spoon. 

16" wide x 12.5" deep x 43.5" tall

Pick a classic novel to read on the loveseat in front of a roaring fire. Glass top is approximately 14 inches x 48 inches x ½ inch thick. Overall height is 36 inches. Materials include mild steel protected with an oil based sealer, glass candlesticks, wax candles, paper books, copper mesh “carpet” and “fireplace screen,” and vintage newspaper print plates.

Miniature formal French style dining room set within a rustic wooden toolbox. Seating for ten, long table, sideboard and operable French doors, all using welded mild steel.

Sideboard cabinet handles made from jewelry links. Real wax candles adorn cast metal dollhouse sconces flank a large frame along the back wall. Other accessories include glass and cast metal dollhouse place settings.
10" tall x 30" wide x 8" deep