There is nothing more meditative than walking the beaches, taking the time to look at individual driftwood sticks, picking out the interesting ones and going through the process of assembling them into a something to sit on. Rustic furniture making has a long historic relationship with wood workers. Long before there were manufacturing facilities building sturdy furniture, craftsman used the materials they found in the woods, stream banks, and seashores, constructing useable furniture from materials they found. Being a found materials artist, rustic furniture making is a natural way for me to go to further release my desire to make objects from sticks and branches I pick up. I found the process to be very rewarding. The sheer satisfaction of actually using those naturally beautiful pieces of driftwood we often pick up and think, "I wish I could figure out what to do with this incredible piece of wood," to actually sit on something made from many aesthetically pleasing pieces of wood. I know many people feel this way. That is why I enjoy making the pieces. No one has bought a chair, although I have built rustic headboards, and benches. I know I will continue to make furniture from found sticks and branches, each piece involves a degree of abandonment as one goes through the process of finding the wood and actually matching the individual branches together with all the rest to make an artsy piece. There is no need to do any carving or artwork on the wood itself; the wood assembled together is the art.