tables
devotion
26″ x 48″ x 11″
materials: salvaged sinker cypress, reclaimed heart pine
embellishments: sculpted tops and bases, brûlée finish on bases
the story
Devotion is a piece that was commissioned by some clients who had recently learned about sinker cypress. Back in the day cypress trees were felled and the logs were tied into rafts and floated to the sawmills.
dichotomy
29″ x 37″ x 16″
materials: redwood burl, reclaimed ebonized mulberry
embellishment: ebonized legs, acrylic dowel
the story
This table came about at the request of a client who asked me to make him a table with some wood he recently had milled. The wood was a mystery burl from a veneer mill that had gone out of business about a decade before.
demilune (untitled)
15″ x 27″ x 9″
materials: walnut burl veneer, solid walnut, sycamore
embellishment: waterfall edge, sycamore inlay, ebonized sycamore wall bracket with sycamore dowel detail
the story
This demilune table is my contemporary take on the classic wall table. It features walnut burl veneer over solid walnut edging and sycamore inlay. It has a waterfall edge with radial walnut veneer.
joyous
19″ x 15″ x 15″
materials: birds eye maple veneer, walnut veneer, reclaimed walnut
embellishment: aluminum dowel, textured aluminum base
the story
This table is the latest in a series where I am exploring the relationship between repeated strong graphic shapes, negative space and the illusion of pieces hovering away from each other.
embrace
24″ x 16″ x 18″
materials: reclaimed walnut, olive ash burl veneer
embellishment: copper gilding, copper dowel.
the story
The top for the table is a study in nature and nurture. The overall shape is that of a redbud leaf, which is one of the first things to turn green in the spring in Missouri (nature) and the crescent graphic that I created in the veneer is evocative of an embrace (nurture).
daisy
18″ x 19″ x 19″
materials: bamboo, reclaimed walnut
embellishment: aluminum dowel, aluminum inlay in the legs
the story
This table is one in a series where I am exploring the relationship between repeated strong graphic shapes, negative space and the illusion of pieces hovering away from each other.
enchantment #1
18″ x 19″ x 19″
materials: bamboo, ebonized ash
embellishment: ebonized legs, blackened aluminum dowel
the story
This table is one in a series where I am exploring the relationship between repeated strong graphic shapes, negative space and the illusion of pieces hovering away from each other.