Based in the Ozarks, I am an artist and woodworker focusing on historical craft, often using Judaica, feasting traditions, and mysticism as inspiration. With a background in drawing and conceptual sculpture, my work has shifted over the last few years to focus more on researching bygone methods and designs, which I recreate and reimagine using local wood, simple tools, and historically accurate processes. My practice is not based in a blind reverence for things of the past, but rather a method to more clearly see how things can be done in the present, with a focus on sustainability, local community, individuality in design, and joy.

Danny R.W. Baskin is an artist and organizer living in Northwest Arkansas. Baskin co-founded FEAST gallery in 2016 and currently works as Museum Manager for 21c Museum Hotel in Bentonville while also running a furniture business from his home. In the past, he has worked as lead curator, project manager, and creative facilitator for multiple nationally respected art institutions and organizations and his writing has been published in numerous catalogs, regional art publications, and didactic materials. His conceptual work has been shown most recently at the Historic Arkansas Museum in Little Rock and COOP Gallery in Nashville.

Find Danny RW Baskin’s work at https://www.williamtouhey.com/ and on Instagram at @williamontheinternet.