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St. Dominic's Church, San Francisco, Lamp
Oak

Earthquake safety required removing a hanging lamp. The Gothic arch taken from the building architecture.

Trinity Episcopal Church,
San Francisco, Altar

Cherry, marble, bronze, carved
and gilded wood


Designed by an architect. My role was to assemble the team of craftsmen and women, coordinate the construction and do all the carving.
Photo by Richard Sargent

Temple Sinai, Oakland, Portable Ark
Walnut & Maple with velvet fabric and gold leaf

My design based on historical sources. Used for High Holiday services at Oakland's Paramount Theatre.

   

Congregation Beth Israel, Berkeley, Tzedaka (Charity) Box
Cherry and wrought iron

Freely adapted from a photo of one in a small Polish synagogue destroyed in the Holocaust.