Nashville, TN  ·  Handmade  ·  One Piece at a Time

FOR THE
TABLE.
BUILT RIGHT.

Dice trays. Dice towers. DM screens. Tavern signs.
No shortcuts. No flat-pack. No apologies.
By a craftsman who's been playing as long as he's been building.

Handmade hexagonal dice tray in alternating walnut and cherry with a centered starburst base and exposed brass pin joinery.
// Featured Build

Hex Dice Tray

Black walnut · Cherry · Brass pins

Matthew Clark at the workbench, marking a board by hand.
// At the bench — Nashville shop
The Builder

I've been at the table and at the bench for the same amount of time. It started in a college theater shop, twenty-plus years ago, hands on lumber for the first time, and it never really stopped.

Worked my way up through a trade guild. Built scenery for professional stages across San Diego for over a decade, including ten years as Lead Scenic Carpenter at La Jolla Playhouse. Things that had to hold real weight, under real use, in front of a live audience. That's the standard everything leaves this shop at.

"I build things meant to last beyond me."

The tabletop side was always there too. Warhammer 40K, D&D, the whole grimdark spectrum. Building terrain, making things for the table, that's not a side project. That's what this is actually for.

Every piece is made by one person. No production line. No shortcuts. If it goes out under the Metallic Dragon name, it was built right.

20+
Years building
1
Standard. Always.
Hours at the table

Fine joinery, structural fabrication, welded metalwork, theater environments. Twenty years of building things properly across every material. The tabletop craft comes from the same hands that built these.

Fine Furniture
Solid cherry armrest book valet, custom fit to a couch arm, holding a book, glasses, and a tablet.

Cherry Book Valet

Solid cherry · Hand-rubbed oil finish
Metal Fabrication & Welding
MIG-welded steel ring grid matrix with colored glass inserts, suspended overhead.

Steel & Glass Sculpture

MIG-welded steel · Colored glass lenses
Structural Staging
Multi-level engineered bamboo scaffolding structure with elevated walking platforms built for a live theatrical stage.

Engineered Bamboo Theater Set

Structural bamboo · Load-bearing steel · La Jolla Playhouse
Commercial Fabrication
Exposed internal plywood rib framework of a curved multi-tiered architectural column, showing radius bending and structural joinery.

Display Tower — Framework

Radius-bent plywood ribs · Structural joinery
Commercial Fabrication
Completed multi-tiered cylindrical display tower finished in premium walnut wood-grain veneer with white laminate base.

Display Tower — Finished

Walnut veneer · Composite laminate · Commercial install
What I Make

FOR THE TABLE.
BUILT PROPERLY.

Everything is custom. Every piece is one of a kind. Send a message and tell me what you're after.

🎲

Dice Trays & Boxes

Fine joinery in walnut, cherry, oak. Inlay work, brass pinning, felt lining. The kind that actually holds your dice instead of just looking at them.

Available Now
🗼

Dice Towers

Structural builds that look like they belong in your campaign setting. Currently in production. Inquire for custom designs.

In Progress
🛡

DM Screens

Built in solid wood. Engraved detail, custom crest panels, hinged construction. The kind the dungeon master actually wants to sit behind.

Coming Soon
⚔️

Tavern Signs & House Crests

Your character's sigil. Your guild crest. Your campaign's tavern name carved in wood and hung on the wall. Custom carved and painted to order.

Coming Soon
🗺

Campaign Companion Tables

Small side tables sized for a dice tray, character sheet, and a drink. Built right, not flat-pack. Hardwood only.

Coming Soon
🐉

Custom Commissions

Got something in your head that isn't on this list? Describe it. If it can be built from wood and metal, it can probably be built here.

Always Open
Shop

BROWSE &
BUY.

Finished pieces, ready to ship. Dice trays, tavern signs, and whatever else just came off the bench. The Etsy shop is where inventory lives once it's done.

// Shop launching soon as inventory builds. Commission direct in the meantime.

Building Inventory Now

Metallic Dragon Creations

// Etsy shop link coming soon

Commission a Custom Piece Now

Or check back soon for ready-to-ship pieces

How It Works

No storefront. No mystery.

01

Tell Me What You Want

Use the form below. Describe the piece, the wood, the vibe, the campaign. The more detail the better.

02

I'll Come Back With a Plan

A sketch, a material suggestion, a price, and a timeline. No surprise charges later.

03

It Gets Built

One piece, by one person, start to finish. I'll send progress photos if you want them.

04

It Gets to You

Local pickup in Nashville or shipped. Built to survive the journey and last at the table for years.

Commission a Piece

TELL ME
WHAT YOU
NEED.

Every piece starts with a conversation. Tell me what you're building toward, what system you play, what wood catches your eye, or just describe the vibe and I'll figure the rest out.

I'll get back to you within a couple of days.

Based in

Nashville, Tennessee

Etsy Shop

Coming soon — commission direct for now

// Form wiring coming soon — email directly in the meantime