Drawn first, then carved
The Crocodile Bench begins with the wood — solid Guanacaste, chosen for its density and the movement in its grain. The pattern comes next, drawn directly onto the shaped wood in pen: spirals along the jaw, the ridge of the tail, the eye.
Then the carving. Hand tools and grinders take the drawing into the wood — the open jaw with its row of teeth, the swirling motifs that run the length of the body. Every line you see was drawn and cut by hand, which is why no two benches are ever the same.
The result seats people, and it starts conversations. Low, solid, and unmistakably alive, it works in an entry, at a pool house, or anywhere a room needs one piece with a pulse.