I first started getting into antiques when my cousin, artist james strickland,

gave me my first real woodworking tools somewhere around 1973. I began earning

a little spending money repairing sculptures and furiture shortly there after.

most of the stuff I work on now comes from my friends Laurie and Susan's

"Antiquities Workshop" , and a private collector friend , Linda....Linda's house is

filled with a fab-u-las collection of spanish,italian,portegese, and such all

from the 13th to 17th centuries.I've done alot of detailed inlay,marquetry and

ingraving, as well as heat forging iron keys, locks, and escossions.