WRAPPED
IN
ROCK AND ROOTS

Hi, I'm Kevin. I make stuff.

We live in a California Coastal Redwood rainforest.

There are trees here 12 feet in diameter.
Ferns the size of cars dot the landscape.
Sun beams slant thru the morning fog.
Yesterday's rain still falls from the trees in twinkling diamonds.
Illuminated as they traverse the beams, seeming to fall in slow motion.


Many visitors swear this place is enchanted.
I live here. I agree.



In our travels to ancient and historic ruins I have observed many examples where tree roots have enveloped
human art or objects, creating a fusion of human and natural art.

These things influece my art.

Nearby there were great cracks in the ground from the 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake.
In the years following the quake you could walk in under the trees and observe the roots, clutching stones in their grip.
A swirl of waterwashed stone, far from a creek.
Seashells in the mountain rock, 20 miles from the beach.

These things influece my art.

Click the images on this page after they roll over to see more.

Many of the fields below are empty.
I will be filling them in as I find time to organize the photos.
So check back once in a while and see what's new!

 

 

 

TREE ROOT CARVED DOOR
CARVED BY COMPUTER FROM 3-D CAD MODEL

 

 

 

INVOLUTE HELIX STONE STAIRCASE
BUILT FROM COMPUTER MODEL

 

 

HAND WROUGHT IRON ROOTS RAILING
3 YEARS OF HEAT, HYDRAULICS, AND HAMMERS

 

 

THE STUMP HOUSE
AN EXPERIMENT IN MATERIALS AND TECHNIQUES
THAT MAKES KIDS GRIN

 

 

TREE ROOT WRAPPED DINING ROOM TABLE
HAND CARVED TO MY DRAWINGS BY ARTISTS COMMISSIONED IN PERU

 

 

TREE ROOTS CLIMBING ROOF EAVES
CARVED BY CNC ROUTER FROM CAD MODELS

 

 

"HAND HEWN" SIDING
CARVED BY COMPUTER

Because an Adz is just no fun...

 

 

FLOOR STONE
MEET THE KRAKEN


 

FLOOR WOOD
HAND CARVED VORTEX IN BRAZILIAN CHERRY


 

WOOD STOVE HEARTH
STONES EMERGE FROM THE FLOOR TO SWIRL ABOUT THE CHIMNEY



 

WALL LIGHT SWITCH PLATE
A BACKGROUNDER SPARE MOMENT KINDA PROJECT
THIS ONE IS STILL IN THE WORKS.
MODELING THIS IN UNIGRAPHICS TOOK A WHILE.
IT'S READY TO GO AS SOON AS I FIND A BIG ENOUGH BURL TO MACHINE IT INTO.

 


FOSSILIZED WAVES RETAINING WALL
ANOTHER ONE CURRENTLY IN PROGRESS... PIX SOON

 

 

BOOKSHELF AND CARVINGS
CAD CAM CARVING IN REDWOOD BURL

 

 

BEAM BRACKETS

A study in how to tip a crane over..

 

BARREL VAULT

Trust the computer Luke. Trust the computer.

 

 

OTHER ART

 

 

BIRTHDAY CAKES
FUN WITH FOOD

Edible books for for a bookworm