Nate’s earliest memories of working with wood are of building skate ramps in his father’s garage - cutting stolen 2x4s with a miter saw in his bare feet on hot summer days. After a brief stint in advertising and branding, Nate returned to woodworking by adapting his visual sensibilities to the woodcut printmaking method. He developed his own non-traditional method of creating blocks by using scroll saws, table saws, and drill presses rather than traditional hand gauges. As a result, his blocks are created as puzzle pieces which are often recut and rearranged to live on as new editions and sculptural reliefs. While his work in printmaking may suggest a rudimentary, simplified graphic language, the complexity of his constructions represent both his talents as a craftsman and his understanding of how to convey emotion through color, material and composition. Nate’s work is often influenced by process, material exploration, observations of shape and color, repetition, and personal narrative.

This work employs a process where four motifs are multiplied by simultaneously cutting shapes into a stack of three panels. The panels then follow a system of arrangement. The shapes are disected by strips of walnut which is bent to match the form, almost like a stroke, while also giving the piece a slight dimensional aspect. The surface is highly smooth due to a hand rubbed polyurethane finish.