spelled waters design & craft

Selected work

These projects are about half commission, half personal exploration. Past projects and custom work can be made to order.

Drop box

2025

Reclaimed oak

Corner table

2025

Reclaimed oak (ebonized). Sized according to client specifications to fit a specific corner. Worm holes and other evidence of reclamation left intact.

Drop Lite candle holders

2025

Reclaimed maple, walnut, and oak (one ebonized)

Dabi's taper holders

2025

Reclaimed oak (ebonized) shaped according to client reference images

Droplet clock

2025

Reclaimed oak, quartz movement

Family crest set

2025

Brass, reclaimed oak (ebonized), two-part epoxy. The signet ring and stamp are reversed for sealing wax, while the pendant represents a stamped wax seal. Alongside family imagery, "dum spiro spero" is a family motto which means "while I breathe, I hope" in Latin.

Reliquary ring

2019

Brass, ink. Co-designed with my mom.

SP-404 knobs

2019

Brass, red nylon (Spaceman Spiff's spaceship), fine-detail acrylic. The 6-sided knobs are for fine-tuning the fit of ordered parts. I developed acrylic sleeves to prevent wear on shafts designed for plastic knobs.

Vernacular outdoor table

2023

Pine(scavenged from under the pavilion, stain and garlic applied by my grandfather

Keyhole chair

2021

Big box plywood, 6 screws, dowels. Later blackened with india ink.

Bathroom shelf with railing

2020

Birch plywood, poly, brass, silver solder, CA glue, 2 screws and drywall anchors.

A-frame clothes rack

2020

Unfinished oak, 6 brass threaded inserts and screws.

Kitchen shelf

2020

Pine, poly, rubber feet, screws. Sloped ~1.5mm end-to-end, perfectly matching the windowsill.

Record shelf

2020

Baltic birch plywood, india ink, rubber feet.

"Sprout" euchre deck display

2019

Brass, sized to fit a euchre deck.

Yard sundial

2019

Brass (etched according to the geographic location), 1-inch maple dowel (these days I would use cedar, or a metal tube). Shown with about a year of patina.