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Commissions
SilverMaple
SilverMaple was commissioned for the 2025 Mississauga Festival of Trees taking place Dec 5th -14th at the Small Arms Inspection Building at1352 Lakeshore Rd E Mississauga.
SilverMaple depicts a maple tree at the end of Fall. With its bare branches and collection of leaf litter at its base, it’s meant to invoke that cold winter-is-coming feeling that we all know and some of us even love.
The trunk and bigger branches are made from reclaimed eavestroughs while the smaller branches are old tomato cages and garden fencing. The leaf litter is old steel sheets and reclaimed chicken wire.
Height: 11' Width: 8'
Zelda
Zelda was commissioned as a Christmas gift and created in the likeness of a fluffy Maine Coon cat. She’s built entirely from reclaimed materials, including old eavestroughs, a discarded lightbulb, and a mix of salvaged garden wire.
Fun Flower
Putting down roots just half a block east of Adelaide on Dundas St. in London, Ontario. This 28-foot-tall installation was built in 2021 using 99% recycled and reclaimed materials—mostly aluminum siding and old eavestroughs. The only new parts are a few safety chains and anchors. No paint was added.
White Rabbit
I received an email from a couple who'd bought my Gull #3 and thought it needed a friend. They'ed imagined a rabbit to keep Gull #3 company. Some reclaimed eavestrough, a unique surplus light bulb and some recycled old gutter guard came together to make the White Rabbit.
WisteriaNorth
WisteriaNorth is a proof of concept piece I build at the family camp near the north shore of Lake Huron.
I came across a lot of abandoned garden hoses and thought they'd make great version of climbing ivy. Old bread delivery racks make the flower buds while reclaimed eavestrough make up the flower pedals. The leaves came from some this steel shingles I pulled from the dump.
ToadHome
2025 has been a year of firsts for me as an artist. I’ve introduced quite a few new materials into my pieces this year. I was challenged by the commission of a rabbit, my first mammal. And now, my first toad home. 🐸🏠.
Material acquisition is a constant challenge for me. I stay away from new materials and paint so finding the right materials and in usable colours and quantity is a never ending hunt.
A friend was having their eavestroughs replaced recently and had the installers leave the old materials for me. Awesome! At one point they mentioned wanting a toad home for a little hoppy pal living in their garden. I thought making them a toad home would be a nice thank you. I also felt that making it from the eavestroughs that came off of their house would add a keepsake quality.
I was instructed that a quality toad home required two points of entry/exit incase of predators and built it so, with a semi-divider wall inside between the two. I made the base and internal wall from wood for a cozier feel for cold toady feet over the winter.
After making the “home” I thought the right thing to do would be to camouflage it as a giant all season garden flower. My friend doesn’t live in the beset part of town and as toad home thefts are STILL on the rise I felt like deception was the best way to keep things secure.
reVibe sign #2
In 2021, reVibe in Port Stanley asked me to create something special—and this sign was the result. The letters are crafted from old aluminum siding and scrap wood. Almost everything you see here is recycled—about 95%, give or take, not counting the screws and wall fasteners. No paint was used. It’s a piece that gives new life to old materials.
Height: 5.5’ Width: 14’. Thickness: 9”
*For a double dose of recycling glory, this sign was later rereclaimed and reused in new art, providing wonderfully weathered screws and that great golden siding.
Salami and Squid
2024 memorial. Salaim was a loved Beta Fish and Squid was made in memory of Frankie and Grace, a couple of super cute golden shrimp.
Commissioned in 2024 for an authentic English style garden this bower was made from cedar and left unfinished for a natural look, feel and smell.
Garden Bower
Gun #1
Commissioned by a gun-lovin’ guy, this piece is made almost entirely from reclaimed materials—about 99%. It includes old barbed wire found in the woods, a leg from an abandoned BBQ, scrap siding, and a handful of other odds and ends. The only new parts were a couple screws and some adhesive.
Height: 2.5’ Width: 1’ Length: 7’
Lectern #1
2023 This adjustable lectern tilts from 170° down to a flat 90°, and the height extends from 34” to 56”. It’s made from a mix of new and scrap plywood, finished with boiled linseed oil and a homemade paste wax—blended from melted-down beeswax candles and that same linseed oil.
Port Stanley Mirror
Commissioned in 2019 to highlight some of the most loved aspects of Port Stanley, Ontario -water, boats, gulls, and fish. The mirror came from someone’s junk pile, and the rest is made from 99% recycled materials, including scrap aluminum, burned-out light bulbs, old fuses, and wire found in the woods.
Height: 4.5’ Width: 4.5’ Thickness: 10
reVibe sign #1
Commissioned by reVibe in Port Stanley in 2019, this sign’s letters are crafted from woodshop scraps. About 90% of the materials are recycled—excluding the screws, wall fasteners, and painted plywood backing. The letters were protected with varathane.
Height: 4’ Width: 9’. Thickness: 11”
Antler Opener #3
This bottle opener was commissioned by a good friend who happens to love beer and hunting. The antler was from a deer they harvested.
Golden Cock
Commissioned by a chicken keeper on Vancouver Island, this piece was built using reclaimed aluminum siding, some found metal, and a burned-out light bulb. It’s made from 99% reclaimed materials—aside from a couple fasteners and some adhesive. He’s been ruling the roost in Nanaimo, BC since 2021.
Height: 5’ Width: 4.25’
Kate's Flower
Commissioned in 2019 for a backyard garden full of personality. Built from reclaimed aluminum siding and weathered eavestroughs. Old materials, now part of something new.
