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530 Q Street
Central Sacramento, CA, 95811

Designer & maker of modern lighting, mobiles, and clocks. From residential to site-specific public art installations. Sacramento, CA.

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Modern Lighting, Mobiles, Wall Clocks, and Site-specific Commissions

LIGHTING

LIGHTING

MOBILES

MOBILES

WALL CLOCKS

WALL CLOCKS

COMMISSIONED WORK

COMMISSIONED WORK

News + Updates:

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Orb Pedestals for Glazing
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Bespoke Orb Fixtures
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AIA Central Valley Panel Discussion
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Sactown Magazine, October 2015
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West Edge Design Fair // Oct. 22-25
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Modern Flight Mobiles Installed at Kaiser
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Recent posts on Instagram:

My wife, Anne, wrote a personal essay about our family’s journey with our son and SCID these past 6 years. It’s heartfelt, insightful, and beautifully written. Link in profile.
The aluminum louvers for the DPR mobiles were first modeled in #fusion360, then translated into flat patterns in autocad. These were then lasercut. I added extra tabs, as I’ve learned from previous projects that slip rolled parts will likely have flat spots at the two ends (due to the spacing between the rollers). I put a sharp new 100-tooth blade and set up a little fixture on the chop saw to trim those off. The corner radii and a notch to indicate the cut location were part of the file for laser cutting.
Meanwhile, back in ceramics land... these stoneware Orbs have been bisque fired and are now ready to be glazed.
We’re making good progress on the new mobiles. I absolutely love it when an idea starts to be revealed at true scale and real materials. Thanks to @dandacustomfab for the precision CNC wizardry on these solid maple components and to @turnidge.industries for making the introduction. (Thanks to IG!) The aluminum louvers were laser cut locally, then slip rolled by the skilled craftsman and our previous collaborator, Bill Pryor. The test assembly shown in the last image is the smallest size (which is just 60% as big as the large ones 😳😁).
The next commission is in full swing. I’m thrilled to be making a new series of large-scale mobiles for the upcoming Midtown office of DPR Construction (@dprconstruction). A trio of mobiles will be suspended over a striking space and staircase leading up to their 2nd floor offices. The elements will combine solid maple with colored aluminum arc-shaped louvers. Thanks to @trebordenco for facilitating the art selection process. I’m honored to be amongst an esteemed group of mostly local artists creating work for the project.
hello, bisque 🔥🔥🔥
Thanks to @rainforthgrau and @ianmerker for selecting a duo of Orb Fixtures for their new office in Midtown Sacramento! I’m switching gears in the studio from the porcelain facets of the Aspect collection to the stoneware curves of the Orbs.
New illumination station at the shop! Checking a new batch of Aspect Pendants for quality and consistency before packing them up. So much about these pieces is only revealed once they’re lit up.