About the Artist


Born 1953 Dallas, Texas. David has lived in Texas, Costa Rica, Guatemala, North Carolina, and, since 1972, the Chicago area. In 2003, he relocated his art & furniture studio to the rural countryside just northwest of Chicago.

Since college David has made a full-time living designing and crafting furniture and sculpture of wood and metal. He has been making cremation urns, too, since 2001.

 

Orth Furniture
Visit David's Furniture website.

The Riddle of Craft
(Some ideas on craft & life - an essay
for Far West Editions.)

Metaphysics for the Workshop:
Aphorisms for student artists

Cape Ann Double Kayak
(Please have me arrested if I ever start talking about doing this again. Built with the help of apprentices John Gervase, Bob Goodall, & Timothy Roseth.)

The New Prairie Apprenticeship Center
Ways you can support this work
and the teaching of future generations