We are a husband and wife team who have, historically, each focused on our own work. Kelsey made studio furniture and offered a line of bamboo cutting boards, while Amy had been making fiber and clay dolls and recycled wool hats. In 2013 Amy made her way into the wood shop and began carving her figurative sculptures in wood.

Amy's presence in the wood shop has led us to a new sort of partnership. Drawing upon both of our experiences we are creating a common vision and a cast of human/animal figurative sculptures in wood. Each of our pieces is one of a kind and created by our hands alone.

The rough shaping of Basswood bodies and body parts is done with a band saw, chainsaw, grinders, large chisels, and spoke shaves. While the finer work of carving faces, hands, feet, and texturing surfaces is done with smaller chisels, gouges, and knives. The pieces are finished with layers of milk paint which are built up and sometimes sanded through.

We each have our own processes and working styles and fitting these together can prove tricky. We are, of course, challenged by this but as we pass a sculpture back and forth adding and taking away,encouraging and editing, we find ourselves engaging in a deeper kind of communication.

As our collaboration relies upon a balance between our sensibilities, personalities, and skills so too do our finished pieces walk a fine line. We are interested in exploring a balance between human and animal, wild and tame, crude and refined, movement and stability, humor and seriousness, adult and child, and toy and art object.