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He is an artist, sculptor and craftsman with a focus in wood and natural materials.

A wilderness skills expert with an emphasis on indigenous ethnobotany, tracking, survival and living techniques, technologies and crafts. 

An ethnoecologist with a focus in agroforestry, earthworks, indigenous agricultural techniques, and cultural history and myth.

He is a certified ecological designer, consultant, facilitator, organizer, activist and speaker, with over 15 years of experience in California and Mediterranean native ecology and botany. 

He collaborates with many groups, organizations and events annually, working as a teacher, speaker, organizer, and consultant. 

He currently works with the Occidental Arts & Ecology Center, has several design clients,

He is the co founder of ERA

He is also the cofounder of Modern Rituals

Of mixed Italian-Ethiopian ethnicity, his foundations began with diverse experiences early in his life: his youth in the vast wilds of Alaska, where he was born, his formative years living in Sicily, and travels throughout Italy, Europe, and North Africa. It was from those early years that his varied interests in anthropology, history, archaeology, literature, art, and culture began to take form.

His interest lies in the creative use of his hands, the human relationship with nature, and the preservation of lost knowledge, art, and cultural history. Throughout his work, he strives to merge the present with the past, in a unique and contemporary form.