A lot of the items on this webpage started out on the Graphic Art page and then I split them out over here and grouped them with other "built" things. It's an imprecise distinction between things that are purely constructed and things that are an artistic endeavour.

Walnut double-window sill with alder casing

For my bathroom remodel, I did a lot of finishing work myself, such as the window casing in my daughter's new bedroom.

[Not done yet, no photos yet.]

Walnut window sill with birdseye maple casing

For my bathroom remodel, I did a lot of finishing work myself, such as the window casing in the new nook of the master bedroom.

Quartzite window sill with tile casing

For my bathroom remodel, I did a lot of finishing work myself, such as one of the windows in the bathroom.

Ceiling beam moulding

For my bathroom remodel, I did a lot of finishing work myself, such as the moulding on this new support beam that protrudes through the dining room ceiling.

Door moulding

For my bathroom remodel, I did a lot of finishing work myself, such as eight door mouldings (each side of four new doors), consisting of Douglas Fir cut with nifty miter angles along the top and attached with rustic looking square-drive black oxide screws.

Bathroom vanities

For my bathroom remodel, I did a lot of finishing work myself. I chose to build two bathroom vanities from scratch rather than purchase stock vanities, partly to meet eccentric size preferences that couldn't be had off the shelf, partly to save money, partly to satisfy my picky aesthetics, which I found difficult to achieve shopping around, and partly just for fun.

Outdoor workbench

I needed a place to potted plants before bringing them indoors or to do various yard work (mostly plants again, the occasional gutter repair, etc.) and I was tired of kneeling on the ground for such work, so I built this bad boy. I don't have a final photo, but I cut the top pieces to fit the frame before screwing them down.

Three shed doors

When I bought my house, the shed had three doorways, but no doors at all. So I built some.

Catio and window cat door

I built my cat a catio with a window cat door, to which I later attached an IMU-enabled microcontroller with wifi to data-collect the timings of his exits and reentries. A few years after building it, just after having the house roof replaced during the bathroom remodel, I used some leftover shingle to put a proper shingle roof over the cedar roof. I don't have a photo of that. I also don't have a photo of the electronics for detecting door events.

Workbench #2

When I sold my previous house, I left the workbench I built (see further below) in the basement and built a new one at my next house, shown here (with one of the shed doors under construction on top of the bench).

Patinated copper sheet back plates for bedroom furniture

I added patinated copper sheet back plates to my Mexican solid wood bedroom furniture set. The pieces are attached with copper nails and the wrought iron handles were removed and then replaced after attaching the copper backing.

Talavera stair risers

I made the talavera stair risers for our house extension.

Stair railing

I built the stair railing for our house extension (the contractor put in the newel post but I made the top and bottom rails and the balusters). The balusters are 3/4" copper pipe with an accelerated patina. The pipe was left over from the deck railing balusters that had been removed for the extension.

Etching and copper-dial mechanical watches

I built an electro-etching tool (little more than a power supply. Here are my initial experiments. My etching artwork has consisted of copper watch dials for my microbrand mechanical watches (Badlands Watches). Please visit the Badlands website to see more photos.

Wood-fired brick pizza oven

This project was such an enormous undertaking that it has its own webpage. Please go there to see the full history of the project, including numerous photos of the construction process.

My ex-wife's engagement ring and our wedding bands

Both designs are by me. The engagement ring was constructed in palladium by Greenlake Jewelery and the wedding bands were constructed in 6mm wide titanium by Cascadia Design Studio. Our wedding bands have our wedding date in the Mayan calendar computer-guided machine-etched and colored black (enamel I believe). My ex-wife's band is also 6mm and otherwise identical except that the hieroglyphs are more tightly spaced to accommodate the smaller circumference.

Marble and granite mosaic kitchen island

This started out as an unfinished island from IKEA. Stained it, put a border around the top, busted up marble (black and white sections) and granite (brown sections) tile from Home Depot, glued them down, grouted it. The design was made using Druid, my PhD dissertation.

Wine rack

This wine rack is built from cedar. In hindsight, it is a poor choice, being a rather soft wood and prone to dents. On the plus side, the final produce is incredibly light weight.

Workbench #1

The workbench at my previous house.