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Our client was finishing up the build of his new custom home and invited me for a tour. He was interested in something special for his home office. Looking around at the styles of his home and learning a bit about his tastes I had an idea that i thought he may be interested in. A couple of weeks later he stopped by the shop for finished samples and a 3D rendering of what I had in mind. He agreed to the proposal and gave us artistic license to make changes as the project would evolve.

The large drawers hold his folders, the counter tops are richlite, the wood is quarter-sawn Black Walnut, the panels are book matched Walnut Burl. The custom made pulls are cocobolo, held in their mortise with brass screws. The leather top desk also goes in his office.

 

I really enjoy making buffet cabinets. There is a traditional formality to them yet I get to do a little sculptural touch to their legs. Best of both worlds really.

A solid Walnut bench with organic live edges. The tapered ends are held together by traditional joinery methods; dovetails, mortises and tenons. The dovetails are cut at a 5 degree angle by hand.

 

A custom cabinet of Marbled Padauk to hold entertainment electronics. Three push eject drawers. Matching and wrapping grain.

Feathered Heartwood and curly quarter sawn grain. Solid fiddleback ash face frames.

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Our client specified the size and use and we took it from there. The cabinet is made with book matched walnut burl, the legs, solid Black walnut. The cabinet pulls custom made from Cocobolo and sized according to their use. The interior is Swiss Pear wood. We make the brass knife hinges in the shop.

 

Every vinyl owner needs a proper place to protect their investment and display their components. The cabinet is made of marbled Black Limba. The base is solid Black Walnut. The solid maple dovetail drawers open with Blum’s tip-on (push eject) hardware. The width is 62”, the height is 34” and the depth is 21”.

 

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A well lit room, a place needed for beautiful objects and trust built on prior commissions was the starting point for this project. The instrument quality Fiddleback Ash  was a rare find for my supplier, “one in a thousand boards” he says.  The Olive Ash burl cabinet brings an intense graphic and visual weight to the staggered shelving unit. The Straight grain of the face frames runs uninterrupted through the mitered corners and the Bird’s Beak Joinery.

 

Marbling graphic is very rare and even more so in Padauk. The day my veneer dealer advertised these pieces as available, I bought them all. Within a couple of hours a client called me to add an additional piece to her collection. Sometimes things just work out that way.

 

In·cu·nab·u·la — 1. The initial stages or earliest traces of anything. 2. A work of art or of industry of an early period. Incunabula marks a new beginning of seeing forms through a lens that began developing as I completed the years spent at the College of the Redwoods. This piece was inspired by the forms and technical knowledge that I have experienced thanks to my mentor Brian Newell. The cabinet’s carcass are made with compound curved panels, splined together. The brass knife hinges are custom made as well. Measurements: 38″ x 29″ x 16″ Finish: Wax on the exterior and French Polish Interior

 

This piece represents my continued efforts to build upon the skills and aesthetic I learned from my mentor, Brian Newell. 108 pillowed panels were made from old growth recovered swamp cypress. The legs and the edge of the top are also swamp cypress, and their color indicates the specific swamp they were unearthed from. The drawers eject with a firm push. Finish: OSMO Natural Oil

Sculptural, functional, beautiful, affordable. Every lamp has it’s own individual voice, illuminated translucent wood. Cloth braided cord is made in Massachusetts, the switch, Italy. Traditional mortise, tennon and bridle joinery construction, made in the USA. A fine addition to any home.

Price $400

River recovered cypress and Black walnut live edges. Maple dovetailed drawers, soft close hardware. The legs were Eve’s request, she let me have the rest to do what I like.

Bowed front and sides, matching stop sawn veneer that align with the sunburst parquetry top reoccur in the beveled mirror’s frame. I made the brass pulls to play off the slenderness and straightness of the grain. The Italian lockset keeps the dovetailed secret box hidden away deep inside. Measurements: 32” x 26” x 13” Afzelia (Doussie) and Hard Maple

These chairs were built from the plans by the prolific Swedish designer Carl Malmsten who started two schools in Sweden where he taught the importance of, “hand and mind in vital collaboration”. His philosophies were handed down to James Krenov during his time studying in Sweden and were handed down to me at the College of the Redwoods, the school James Krenov founded. Measurements: 32” x 15” x 16”

This has to be one of the strangest and proudest objects that have come out of the shop to date. We built this simple pine box to decompose in the ground with it’s passenger. The newest thing in burial is the oldest thing, to let people rest and go away. It is a flattering job full of introspection and duty, I strangely look forward to doing it again.

Tom began taking my woodworking projects class over a year ago. Since then he has completed increasingly ambitious and beautiful pieces.

BJ and his friend Matt, took a class from me over a long weekend. He salvaged the cypress out of a old house being torn down of Main St., behind the post office. The farm house table has large tapered legs, and a thick solid wood top. The joinery is mortise and tenon.

This is Kathryn’s 3rd class project. She has been taking a one weekend a month class from me for a couple of years now. She has a fine eye for detail, excellent taste and is a pleasure to work with. The black walnut jewelry box is held together with hand cut dovetails. The lid’s panel and pull, legs, and jewelry partitions are all Madrone.

Price $3,000

Over the course of several weekend classes my student was able to make a beautiful solid walnut table. The top is pear wood.

Inspired by Poul Jensen’s for Selig Z Chair, Mid Century Modern in it’s styling and geometry. I have made several improvements and modifications from the original Poul Jensen Selig Z Chairs. We use only select Black Walnut heart wood for the frames. Each piece of black walnut is chosen for its color and grain quality. The chairs are more works of art than factory-assembled furniture; they are individually-produced. All joints use traditional single or double mortis and tenon joinery, we use only formaldehyde-free glue. Meticulously hand crafted, traditional double mortise and tenon joinery. Carved reliefs add a texture, a hand tool personalization not capable by machine or the unpracticed. The leather, vegetable tanned, completely natural and of the finest quality by Ecopell Gmbh. The zipper, Brass, made in the USA by Lenzip.
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