Art Versus Function: Part 1

When I started.

I made my first piece of work when I was eleven years old. I turned a wooden bowl and a pair of candlesticks for my mother in woodshop at school. I also made my first piece of furniture, a book stand made out of poplar.

I don’t know what became of the candlesticks or the bowl. But I still have the bookstand. My mother returned the bookstand to me 20-plus…