About
Erik Tosten is a graduate of the University of Iowa and The University of North Texas with two degrees in visual arts and now teaches as a professor of digital design at the University of Texas at Arlington. He has lived, worked, and exhibited as an artist in Dallas since 2000 but is now focusing on sustainable woodworking with the goal of creating housewares that look good and last generations.
Propelled by an urge to return commerce back to a localized economy he sees woodworking as a rebellion against the mass-produced disposable object makers of the world. Erik chooses to work with materials from his local environment and all of his spoons and tableware are made from local urban timbers or industrial off cuts which would otherwise be destine for a landfill. In the woodshop he chooses to work with traditional hand tools over resource hungry power tools as a way to reduce waste. Feel free to email him with any questions or for a chance to check out the wood shop.