The Suture Series came about in part from Michael de Forest's interest in making forms out of segments. Up to this point all his work had been furniture and related functional wood objects. This new work allows him to make three dimensional hollow wood human forms that are cut into segments, and then stitched back together to make it three dimensional again.

By combining layered colors of milk paint with the technique of incise carving on the surface and an intentional use of texture created by various woodworking tools (i.e., handplanes, scraper, spokeshave, bandsaw, handsaws) a dimensional effect is created by Portland furniture artist Michael de Forest. The hardness of the paint allows the separate layers to be easily sanded through creating varying colors at different levels of the texture. The surface is then either sealed with wax or sprayed with lacquer for durability.