At Henscratch Studios, we explore life through the craft we practice—shaping wood, shaping language, and shaping the voices that carry our stories forward. The work that begins here is rooted in lived experience, but it’s always reaching toward what comes next. Every piece, every page, every recording is a way of paying attention: to the materials in our hands, to the stories that surround us, and to the meaning that emerges when we make things with care. This studio is where we learn, refine, and create the work that helps us understand the world a little more clearly.
We are longtime physician‑leaders whose careers have contributed to modern kidney care through clinical practice, research, and national leadership. Dugan, a writer, artist, and physician‑executive known for advancing patient‑centered approaches to chronic illness, and Frank, a nephrologist, innovator, worker in wood and former global chief medical officer for Fresenius Medical Care, spent decades working to improve care for people living with kidney disease. In retirement from our medical careers, we’ve turned toward the creative practices that have always run alongside our medical work—crafting furniture and art from wood, writing about lived experience, and recording voices and stories that shape real life. Henscratch Studios is the next chapter—an honest return to making things by hand, telling stories, and listening closely to surrounding voices.
The Design 100 Project is a decade-long commitment by Frank and Dugan Maddux of Henscratch Studios to create one hundred one-of-a-kind works of fine furniture and wood art. Each piece is handcrafted and recorded on the blockchain to preserve its provenance.
Rather than being sold, these works are gifted to collectors, who become stewards—free to live with them or pass them forward—while their history remains permanently and transparently preserved.
