Explore the Creative Journey of Brian Sparks.

Wood, Words, Photography - whatever the medium, I'm driven to create something new. Click the For Sale button to shop (you know you want it.)

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My Philosophy of Woodcraft

The strongest, most elegant wooden structures are trees. Wood is not just some substance I work with, it is pieces of trees. I work with green wood, so the pieces are really still alive. I am always mindful of the tree that gave me it's wood, telling me to go with the grain and use its forms and structures. It is personal.

What will you find here?

You'll find mostly woodcraft, but I've always been in love with the written word, and I've also been a professional photographer for 30 years. I am smitten with woodcraft because it is sculpture. I love the third dimension. Photography is two dimensional art, and I love it too. Language is one dimensional in that you follow the line of text on the page, but it opens our minds to the world and each other. It is the vehicle of idea and relationship, and it comes alive with the spoken word. Written language is really a recent invention--we should use our voices and read the words out loud.

I hope you will find the ideas here interesting .

Book a demo with me!

I come with work bench, chopping block and will make lots of wood chips while crafting spoons, walking sticks, stools, etc--all while waxing poetic on the art of green woodcraft. People are fascinated to learn that we can make stuff directly from the trees that live all around us, and I love to do show-and-tell. My beard is grey, but I'm really just a kid in Kindergarten with an axe.

Call me: 503-588-2290 or shoot me an email Brian@briansparks.art. I promise to clean up the wood chips.

I've made four skin on frame boats. If you have a passion for owning your own craft, and have a budget for it, contact me and we can work something out. I know my limits and I won't promise anything that I can't deliver.

Nothing quite matches gliding over the water in a skin boat.