A Chicago native (b.1946), I designed my first piece of furniture while serving in the Army in 1967 and had it built by a local cabinetmaker outside Boston. Little did I know that was how I’d make a living.

In the interim, I worked in the trades then went to The American Academy of Art (thanks to the GI Bill) and learned my creative calling must lie elsewhere; I went back to working in the construction trades.

I saw my future at the Art Institute of Chicago in the spring of 1973 when I viewed an exhibit , “The Arts and Crafts Movement in America 1876-1916”.

Furniture! Functional, Beautiful, Sculptural.

My work is now in homes from New York to Los Angeles; Minneapolis to Memphis, but mainly in Chicago and here near my home in the Driftless area of Wisconsin. It’s been shown in many publications, most prominently Fine Woodworking Design Book Five, The New Art Examiner and a handful of newspaper features and magazine photos.

I’ve had the benefit of supportive family, good mentors, great clients and good luck and am grateful for all of it.

Commissioning Work

When asked what comes first the words or the music, songwriter Sammy Kahn said; “First comes the phone call”.

“I think of what I do as problem solving”. Ed Paschke, Chicago Imagist painter

Commissions are welcome.

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