about me :

I desire perfection
I desire beauty
I desire ingenuity

Every detail is important.

To make beautiful objects and challenge my craft of woodwork is my purpose on earth.

My commitment to making original works has been a lifetime one.

wood carving :

I feel incredibly fortunate to have been led to my true love of hand carving wood. I love the simplicity of using hand tools as well as the balance of physicality and grace.

I love the creative zone carving puts me in. Wood carving is a constant chess/ boxing match with interplay between wood/tool/mind/eyes/hands. 

All great art/craft must have a soul. The slower pace of my craft and constant refining of the work ensure the end result to have true presence.

Wood carving provides me a space for the rest of my life that will challenge me to become greater while keeping me incredibly satisfied/ excited to be alive and creating.


check out :

- vault section to view works from 2001 to present 

- mirror section to view my collection of unique heirloom mirrors

thanks
brian.


​I always love the opportunity to create treasured custom works for clients. I specialize in:
Cabinetry
Fine Furniture
Traditional and Contemporary Woodwork
Sculpture
Design
Woodturning
Wood Carving
Restoration
​Education

for custom commissions, purchases, advice from the future, or to just tell me what your fave piece of mine is please email: 
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bfromthefuture@gmail.com

Resume:

 Jazz Performance studies at Bucks County Community College and Temple University 

 Fine Woodworking studies at Bucks County Community College

exhibitions:
Wharton Esherick Museum  themed competition : 2002, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008 and 2009
Contemporary Mixed Media Exhibition: (Furniture Society Conference 2003
I Can Live with That: Unique Functional Furniture 2004
CORE10 Award for Sculpture 2004
WORKS IN WOOD 2006, 2007, 2008, 2012, 2016
TAKE ISSUES – Washington DC sculpture show 2008
ACROSS THE GRAIN 2008 -
Fine Woodworking XXX – 2009
500 Cabinets – Lark Books 2010
Raise up Japan - 2011
Poplar Culture: The Celebration of a Tree 2012
Philadelphia Art Alliance Shop on the Square 2014
Savor New Hope 2012
Analog A Go Go  2012-2018


My friend Brian is that rarest of people- a truly original thinker and feeler. His art never fails to astound and excite me. I'm not a visual artist, but a musician, so I don't have the technical knowledge to defend my statements about the impact of Brian's art. I only know that the impact is real, and is immense. In my musical world, we talk about the impact of people like Coltrane and Hendrix, and we use words like transcendent, relentless, startling, prodigious, questing, etc. These words and all the others that we use to describe experiencing art can probably be summed up in one word-  love. Ultimately, the work is about love. I think this best describes the art of Brian.  - Ben Schachter,  renowned jazz musician, composer, educator www.sungunsung.com
collaborative work with Ben Schachter Trio of Many


From organic abstractions and dreamscapes to capricious pop art and finely honed utilitarian objects, Brian's work simultaneously evokes a comforting familiarity and the awe of glimpsing the farthest reaches of an inexhaustibly creative mind. His commitment to carving almost exclusively by hand results in exquisite detail, surface texture and three dimensional shape, defying the raw material of flat planks, and gently coaxing it into a new, deeply expressive life.   -Carolyn Macuga, art historian and educator                            
feature on my work in issue #76 of Wood Carving Illustrated

I have had an incredible  journey that continues to take me to amazing places. I am beyond blessed to have the kindest/most supportive parents as well as family and friends.

I am  lucky to have had the privilege to study jazz. Jazz goes beyond music to me. it is religion. it is truth. it is the pulse of the universe.

Massive thanks to John Sheridan (my first jazz guitar teacher and all around cool guy), Tom Giacabetti ( my guitar teacher for over 3 years, a master and kind soul. Tom sadly passed away a few years back but his influence  is eternal.. check out Tom's work at tomgiacabetti.com ) and the heavyweight champion of the universe … my first jazz improv teacher and true legend Ben Schachter .. thanks for being an amazing friend/inspiration on the journey  .. 

Ibanez guitars, where I worked for 11 great years. Without getting a job there and seeing all of the cool woodworking machinery I may never have found my true love of woodwork.

In 2001, I enrolled in the fine woodworking program at Bucks County Community College to get a better understanding of general woodworking. I was fortunate that Mark Sfirri was running the program at the time. Mark is a pioneer in the contemporary movement of studio furniture/woodturning. An all around great teacher/person and artist Mark exposed an endless universe of exploration that could be found in woodwork/sculpture that still holds true to me.

I also had the opportunity to study wood carving under Jon Alley at Bucks who exposed me to the  most beautiful artform of carving and hand work.
still dreaming, still the same boy (from philly!)
(first day of kindergarten)