Baker Artist Portfolios

Bring a loved one and go somewhere special with this travel-sized box, used for holding two cups and a deck of playing cards. You can pour a drink or two into each cup and learn a new game together! This piece is meant to assist in creating a fun and shareable moment between two people. 

This is a wearable, personal-sized tent which can be used for occasions such as walking your dog, changing clothes for an event, walking down the street with your friend, and other various activities of the wearer's choosing.  The tent is lightweight and has a slit in the fabric that allows the wearer to peek through and see where they are walking. Great conversation-starter! 

This wooden device is made for smashing ceramic plates using the swift movement of one's kick. Included are a wooden plate hanger/hook, a painted “X” stand for plate-impact, ceramic plates with holes for hooking, and some painted cones (for guidance and for cautionary purposes). Smash to your heart's desire! 

This folder contains little cast concrete sculptures. Most of them are what I call "Cube Bellies," i.e. cubes with bellies.

This folder contains sculpture I made in 2017. Using woodworking techniques and experimenting with string and yarn, this year I explored the contradiction between "play" and "planning." My practice relies heavily on joinery, which greatly slows down the process of intuitive construction. Everything has to fit together and come apart easily. Most of these sculptures can pack flat. The careful planning of required in my practice creates a pace that calms the gesture of the overall sculpture. No matter how dynamic the shape, the result is quiet and balanced. 

When my Uncle Mike first told me he wanted to commission a guitar he mentioned he was looking for something modern components but with a vintage style. That was exactly what I was hoping to hear. I had been kicking around my take on a 1950's Harmony Stratotone style guitar any this was the perfect occasion to bring it to life. It is crafted from raw timber. Chambered mahogany body, mahogany set neck, rosewood fingerboard and head cap. Building this instrument joy and knowing it was going to stay in my family gave me some extra incentive to build it with love.

This is Rose. I completed this build along side the dandy lion guitar in what I refer to as my flower series. The rosewood top is what makes this one a truly unique instrument. Rosewood is traditionally used in acoustic guitar building but when the time came to bring materials together for the project, I went into my wood stash and selected my only set of rosewood to be the top. From there I ran with a rose theme. This instrument also features and ebony fingerboard, ebony pickup rings and rosewood head cap.

This project was completed Spring 2016. It features a chambered mahogany body, mahogany neck, flame maple top and ebony fingerboard. The streaks running through the ebony inspired the inlay piece. I took one look at the ebony and said to myself "That looks like the way a cool breeze feels." Once I settled on a dandy lion, I took out my pencil and started drawing up the piece.