Sophomore Tuy[o,. .Uosde.1(s pussion for curpentry hcgun in hic1h choo/ with maki11q siyns out qj' wood pullets I l'hoto: hy Ka/.ll h1J1.,au•o TOOL MAN TAYLOR Uy lla/ey ,11uC1fnne Sophomore Taylor Moseley became passionate about carpentry at the age of 17 while watching his brother complete various wood projects. Now an experienced craftsman, Moseley said giving his creations to close friends and family motivated his work. According to sophomore Brody Powers, a friend of Moseley, the joy he experienced from giving away his projects was obvious. "Taylor loves to make things out of wood, but he mainly does it to give to other people," Powers said. "He uses this skill as a stress relief, as well as to make people happy with a wooden surprise made by hand." Moseley started by making signs out of cheap pallet wood using a technique called wood burning. Moseley continued making his projects out of pallet wood, cutting, staining and wood burning different sayings and patterns into the wood to create personal and unique signs. Moseley said his roommates would jokingly complain about all ofthe sawdust in the dorm. One of Moseley's biggest projects was a sawhorse desk for his room, but he also made several personalized Christmas presents for his family including a sign that said "Gone Hunting," for his grandfather. Moseley spent the summer before his sophomore year working for sophomore Sarah Creely's dad at his construction company in St. Louis. Creely said Mosley took his passion and made it something more. "He totally has the skill set to take his passion for carpentry further," Creely said. "He just enjoys the smaller projects and not the idea of carpentry as a career. He is very artistic and not just with wood. He made me flowers out of pages from an old book. It was so creative and unique - this just goes to show the level he is on." Moseley said although he learned a lot of skills that would be useful in his future, it was not his type of living. "There is a lot ofjoy that comes from making your own stuff," Moseley said. "My ultimate goal is to build my own barn house one day and all of the furniture in it." SOPIIO.\IOHES t.j7
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