Education and Training: 

• Studied Marble Characteristics and Workmanship under master craftsmen 1980-1984 Pietrasanta, Italy
• Bachelor of Arts Sculpture in Architecture Syracuse University June 1977 Syracuse, NY

Skills:

• Expert in stone joinery with emphasis on mechanical fasteners and use of a variety of epoxies and other glues
• Ability to understand what assembly mistakes were made and to draft cost effective solutions
• Forty years experience near the world’s foremost stone center, Carrara, Italy
• Maintains international resources for stone and related materials
• Knowledge of stone types and their strengths and weaknesses

Experience:

Expert Fabricator
Bowling Green, KY
Western Kentucky University Sep 2022 to Nov 2022

• Recovered broken sculpture from WKU University
• Acquired superior marble from Carrara Italy
• Carved replacement modifying grain alignment to achieve greater strength

Expert Witness
St louis, MO
Simon Law firm Oct 2022 to Oct 2022

• Examined collapsed stone bench which caused personal injury
• Acquired samples of all glues mentioned in defendant’s testimony
• Demonstrated how they could not have held up the bench under lateral stress
• Discovered air bubbles and shims in stone joints
• Determined cause of collapse was poor assembly

Sculptor
Scottsville KY
Private Client Dec 2021 to Oct 2022

• Created clay models of sculpture to be fabricated
• Imported two ton block of marble from Carrara Italy
• Carved life sized angel in classic style making changes during the process as requested by client

Stone Expert
Fort Wayne IN
Private Client Dec 2021 to Sep 2022

• Examined forty marble statues allegedly damaged by hail
• Went to Italy to determine exact provenance of marble
• Located merchant who sold the statues
• Disputed defendant’s claim that because of translucency the statues could not be marble
• Prepared ten page report with samples of similar marble from Carrara.

Expert Stone Restorer
Bowling Green KY
Westem Kentucky University Oct 2016 to Oct 2097

• Examined large fountain to determine cause of decay and created proposed solution • Went to Italy to find matching marble
• Lathe fabricated a replacement main bowl in Italy
• Shipped bowl to ARW Studios in Kentucky
• Carved decorative elements around edge to match original
• Dismantled fountain completely, replaced bowl, restored damaged elements, eliminated cause of decay, porosity in an environment subject to winter ice. Corrected it with penetrating clear epoxy.
• Installed drains in all bowls, asked WKU to cover the fountain in winter which was done.