Making stick art and natural lighting requires constant refinement! Is how I am doing things good enough? Do the materials work? Do they bend? Does the finish work perfectly? And so on and so on…. There have been so many...
Here is the first stick art panel of a 10 panel series for Homestead restaurant in the Catskills. Each project has a creative feeling and direction of it’s own, even if I have ideas going in they will all be unique and...
Here is my fortuitous chicken coop studio. It is out in the rolling hills above the Yuba River in Grass Valley. Cows are my only neighbors. Plenty of space to store sticks and whatever else to do with my work with natural materials. I took my mother in...
Had a chance recently do do a natural materials wall sculpture for well known interior designer Jamie Bush for a Tahoe project in Martis Camp. Many sketches and ideas were passed back and forth. And as I live 1 hour from Tahoe I thought this is perfect! Turns out the...
New Magazine Cover Aspire Design and Home Here is an article and magazine cover of a lighting collaboration with Cheng Designs and architect Fu Tung Cheng. As sometimes happens the magazine forgets to credit the artist, me in this case. C’est la vie! This...
“David Wards delicate assemblages of twigs and branches are the perfect complement to the environments of Cheng Design.
He has a passion and sensitivity for making his art appropriate to the project. Our collaborations have rewarded us, as well as our clients, with wall pieces, light fixtures, and garden elements all done with subtle restraint and quiet exuberance.”
