David Walbert is a woodworker specializing in functional and decorative carving, from woodenware and faceted furniture to display boxes and fine art. His workshop and studio are at his home in Raleigh.
Whether for art or for furniture, David works almost exclusively with hand tools and rely on native woods and natural finishes. His furniture and woodenware are made to be used, to be comfortable, and to last. But he aims for flowing lines in something as simple as a spatula, and even a footstool is a kind of sculpture! Much of his work these days is chip carving, relief carving done with a knife. It's a form traditionally limited to regulated geometric designs, but he's interested in testing the limits of what that simple knife can do, incorporating motifs from folk art and the life of the North Carolina Piedmont.
