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Two nights celebrating Chad.

Man.. At least for me.. I hate when im asked to pick a favorite of something I’m passionate about.. in absolutes..

Band. Movie. Potato. You get it.

It’s insane.. like, give me 200 subgenres like an award show.. I’ll talk to you for days.

Top five? Fine. Top five is fair-ish.

And since the late 1900s, my top five-ish… let’s say top seven… has stayed remarkably consistent.

But a long time ago, it became clear that although two through seven might be hard to put in any real order, number one was easy..

A New Found Glory.

I still remember (allegedly) downloading Napster packs on my dad’s work computer. and Relax.. I was a child and Lars hadn’t told us it was stealing yet..

Believe it or not.. people pirating music on the internet didn’t always have the best organizational skills.

I don’t remember exactly what I was even trying to download. I think Americana..

What I do know is there were three songs in that pack that were not supposed to be there:

Broken Sound. Hit or Miss. The Goodbye Song.

Brother.. I played the absolute shit out of them.

A couple years later, I was lucky enough to see Blink for the TOYP&J tour. New Found Glory opened for them.

That was it man.. origin story complete.. hooked.

I could roughly put a number on how many times I’ve seen them since. But honestly, even if I divided it by 12, I think it would still sound like a flex..

But that’s kind of my point.

I don’t think that number says nearly as much about me as it does about them.

I’ve watched them play as dots from the lawn and been so lucky to watch them play a rooms of 20. For the fans.

Over and over, year after year, they never stopped feeling like our band.

On September 20, after years of fighting cancer, we lost Chad Gilbert.

Chadball.

New Found Glory’s lifelong grizzly of a guitarist and hypester.

Eight days later, NFG was scheduled to play six sets over two nights at EPCOT.

Chad had already chosen all six setlists before his passing..

So the fellas came, brought a little help, and killed it.

I feel incredibly lucky.. the Art Ive loved the most, ended up, loving me back.

Rest well, Chad.

🤘🫶

#newfoundglory #xchadballx taken in Epcot, Walt Disney World, Orlando by @sheamade

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AyJay & Westley’s guest library. 📚🎉

Contrasting bride and groom bookshelves built for a wedding reception.

The books with guests’ names on the spines acted as seating chart markers, showing which table each group was seated at.

The cabinets are built from oak and birch, with African mahogany used for the tops, shelves, feet, and trim. Each shelf features the couple’s combined initials, engraved and mirrored to follow the arch. AyJay’s “A” leading on hers, Westley’s “W” on his.

Designed for their day, built to last for as long as they’d like.. This was another fun one, always thrilled to be able to contribute something of value to someone else’s story. Super thankful for the opportunity. taken in Bella Cosa Weddings by @sheamade

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Stitched Red Gum taken in Orlando, Florida by @sheamade

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2 years ago

Custom wedding sign featuring the bride and groom’s initials, crafted from paneled American black walnut. The initials are set against an opaque white acrylic backer and encased in clear, creating a floating transparent effect.

#makersmovement #wedding #weddingseason #artist taken in Winter Garden, Florida by @sheamade

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2 years ago

Detroit Lions Tribute Pieces

Crafted out of stripped black walnut, ambrosia maple, and cherry—with gorgeous streaks of pink. Today was the day Cherry upstaged her North American siblings.

With creative freedom, I originally planned to pair each backer with a contrasting hardwood, but I kept going back and forth on which combo I liked best. Eventually landed on keeping each species together, but thought it was a fun concept to make them magnetically float on center, allowing each lion to be easily removed and swapped. That way, the final design is left up to their new owners

Commissioned for a fellow Michigander transplanted to the Sunshine State and his two adult sons.

#detroit #detroitlions #woodart taken in Orlando, Florida by @sheamade

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A Star Wars love story.

Brandon reached out to commission a piece to celebrate his and Melissa’s first wedding anniversary, and once I heard their story, the design practically wrote itself.

Two Texans meet while working at Walt Disney World. They fall in love in Florida. Get married on May the 4th in Savannah, Georgia. Then jet off for a honeymoon safari in Kenya.

When we first spoke, Brandon mentioned wanting to incorporate their saved acrylic wedding table marker names somehow—maybe through inlays. Each of the six tables had been named after a meaningful place: Texas, Disney, Kenya, and three planets from Star Wars lore—a subtle nod to their May the 4th wedding. That idea sparked something bigger. I started thinking about how their table marker text could become visual, telling their story through inlaid places: where they grew up in Texas, where they met in Florida, where they married in Georgia, and where they honeymooned in Kenya. Each place represents a chapter of their story. And with Star Wars woven into their celebration, I couldn’t resist sneaking in a little galactic touch.

The final piece features thirteen layered hardwood inlays, with the six wedding table markers trimmed down and inlaid into the back.

One of my favorite things in life is good writing—a good story. And this piece quickly became one of my personal favorites. The color combos, the grain flow, the symbolism… I was just really happy with how it all came together.

If you’ve got a moment, take a second to appreciate the direction of the grain and the depth of the layers. A lot of love went into this one.

May the 4th be with Brandon, Melissa, and all of you.

No Stains / No Dyes
Backer: Live edge American Black Walnut Slab
Inlays: Walnut, White Oak, Wenge, Padauk, Canary, Yellowheart, Maple, Leopardwood, and Mahogany
Legs: Galactic streaked Yellowheart

#starwars #maythe4thbewithyou #makers #artist taken in Forsyth Park by @sheamade

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Some stills of this Modest Mouse prep tray carved from hornbeam with acrylic. Cherry and a small bit of Bloodwood are inlaid on the back. Little bit of burnt in texture used on the matchstick inlay.

First time working with hornbeam, it’s beautiful but wasn’t a blast to work with. Fun lil project overall, really digging the shape.

#modestmouse #rollingtray taken in Orlando, Florida by @sheamade

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Believe.

I’m trying to do better about posting finished stills. Here are a few from the pair of lasso boards I made a while back.

They’re made of African teak with yellowheart and hard maple inlays, along with black and blue acrylics.

One of the boards had a pretty good crack running along the backside. I repaired it by adding a handful of bow ties cut from the same boards scrap.

#tedlasso #woodworking #makes #artistsoninstagram #fandom #woodartist taken in Orlando, Florida by @sheamade

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2 years ago

Four little love letters to Tennessee.

Each one crafted from cherry, with hand-doodled mahogany hearts inlaid over the towns they call home.

Each board rests on a pair of red grandis stands, with a hidden matching heart tucked into one foot. taken in Orlando, Florida by @sheamade

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A walnut ghost.

Always thought cathedral grain looked like a little grain ghosts, so I figured I’d lean into it. Made a little guy out of walnut board with a bunch of different walnuts inlays. Tried to move the grain direction around to help with the drawing and give it some character. Little bit of contrast on the back with a maple ghost inlaid into the rough sawn side of the board.

If you can read his sign you’re probably a ghost. taken in Clermont, Florida by @sheamade

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