Portfolio & Gallery

Armenian Sumak Carpet Finished Work.
Sumak Class Finished Carpet with Carpet Books.

Armenian Sumak Carpet

Technique: Armenian sumak
natural dyed wool (Woolway)
Design credit: Lilit Peroklyan
Teachers: Lilit Peroklyan & Diana Hovhannisyan (Folk Arts Hub)

Albert and Amma Landscape TOP
Albert and Amma photo Square

Albert & Amma

Technique: marquetry (inlaid wood)
mixed natural woods

Flatweave landscape TOP
Flatweave Portrait TOP

Armenian Abstract Dragon Carpet

Technique: Armenian flatweave
wool
Teachers: Diana Hovhannisyan & Lilit Peroklyan (Folk Arts Hub)

Lnadscape Top Monastery
Monastery Armenia Detail

Hillside Monastery

Technique: marquetry (inlaid wood)
mixed natural woods

One of my carpets from group class of Armenian Shulal and Mezar style.
mezar PORTRAIT

Undyed Armenian Carpets

Technique: Armenian mezar & shulal
natural undyed wool (Woolway)
Design credit: Hasmik Mirzabekyan
Teacher: Hasmik Mirzabekyan

Villiage Landscape
Villiage Portrait

The Village

Technique: marquetry (inlaid wood)
mixed natural woods

Sun Star Armenian Carpet in the sumak technique.
Armenian Carpet Detail Process of Sumak Carpet on frame loom.

Armenian Sun Star Carpet

Technique: Armenian sumak
natural dyed wool (Woolway)
Design Inspiration: Hasmik Mirzabekyan

A marquetry inlaid wood picture of my Uncle Dominick playing golf.
The original photo that inspired the marquetry inlaid wood picture.

Dominick

Technique: marquetry (inlaid wood)
mixed natural woods
Design Inspiration: Dominick was the inspiration for this work whereas I created a rendition in wood based on his photograph above.

A sumak technique practice carpet.
A little carpet I made while traveling I used for practice in the Sumak Armenian technique.

Practice Travel Carpet

Technique: Armenian sumak
natural dyed wool (Woolway)
Notes: Improvised design while traveling abroad.

A marquetry inlaid wood picture of my Uncle Joe.
Original photograph of my Uncle Joe used as inspiration for my picture in wood.

Joseph

Technique: marquetry (inlaid wood)
mixed natural woods
Design Inspiration: A picture of a family member (Joseph) featured in a 1968 magazine.

Small Armenian dragon carpet.
Close up of an small Armenian Dragon Carpet.

Double Dragon Carpet

Technique: Armenian flatweave
Wool
Design credit: Hasmik Mirzabekyan
Teacher: Hasmik Mirzabekyan

Handmade coffee table in cherry.
Handmade potting stool in red oak.

Coffee Table & Potting Stool

Technique: Fine Woodworking
Cherry & Oak

Armenian Shulal style carpet with carpet book.
Armenian shulal style border at the start of a project.

Shulal Carpets

Technique: Armenian Shulal
Wool
Design Inspiration: Hasmik Mirzabekyan
Teacher: Hasmik Mirzabekyan

Handmade Welsh stick chair in white oak.
Pair of Welsh stick chairs in oak.

Welsh Stick Chairs

Technique: Chairmaking
White & Red Oak
Design: Chris Williams & Drew Langsner
Teachers: Chris Williams (Lost Art Press) & Drew Langsner (Country Workshops)

A pair of Sumak Armenia style carpets.
An undyed sumak armenian style carpet.

Sumak carpets

Technique: Armenian Sumak
wool (dyed and undyed)
Teacher: Hasmik Mirzabekyan

Woven box from the side in pine and cherry.
Woven box from the top you an see the cherry lid.

Woven Box

Technique: Woodworking
pine & cherry

Armenian mezar carpet with sun star motif.
Armenian mezar carpet with eye motifs.

Mezar Carpets

Technique: Armenian Mezar (with shulal)
wool
Teacher: Hasmik Mirzabekyan

Carved white oak and pine box side view.
White Oak carved box in 17th century style.

Carved 17th Century Box

Technique: woodworking
white oak & pine
Design: Peter Follansbee
Teacher: Peter Follansbee

Armenian sumak carpet in Florence Italy made while traveling.
Armenian sumak style carpet in progress on a trip to Florence Italy.

Sumak Carpet

Technique: Armenian sumak
natural dyed wool (Woolway)
Notes: Woven while journeying through Italy.
Border design: Hasmik Mirzabekyan

Lettercarved house sign in cherry wood.
Lettercarved wooden sign saying: Grow Old One Pillow.

Lettercarved Signs

Technique: lettercarving in wood
cherry & hard maple

Handwoven Armenian style rug.
Handwoven Armenian style rug made by the author on a chair.

Armenian Rug

Technique: Armenian rug weaving
wool
Teacher: Diana Hovhannisyan (Folk Arts Hub)

Hand letter carved house sign in hard maple.
Lettercarved and painted signs for a commission in Boulder County Colorado.

Lettercarved Signs

Technique: lettercarving in wood
hard maple

Armenian Sumak Carpet woven and carved with cherry border.
Upside down Armenian sumak carpet with wood carved border.

Sun-Star Carpet

Technique: Armenian sumak
natural dyed wool (Woolway)
Design Credit & Inspiration: Hasmik Mirzabekyan

Japanese style boxes with mystery lids.
Japanese style boxes in cherry and pine.

Japanese Boxes

Technique: fine woodworking
pine and cherry

An Armenian Dragon Carpet in-process on the loom.
Armenian Dragon Carpet Design

Armenian Dragon Carpet (in-process)

Technique: Armenian Sumak
natural dyed wool (Woolway)
Design credits / inspiration: Lilit Peroklyan, Hasmik Mirzabekyan, Book: “Colors of Armenian Tradition” (Folk Arts Hub publication)

Armenian style woodcarving: walnut and linden.
Hand-carved ornaments Armenian style in wood.

Woodcarved Ornaments

Technique: Armenian style woodcarving
walnut, linden, pear