Tables and Freestanding Furniture
Scrapwood Entry Table
When I was in woodworking school, people would throw away scraps of Blood Wood, Yellow Heart and other exotic woods. I would collect them and then began to assemble them into tops. It became an exercise in color theory and balance. If you get the balance right the chaos of the composition is calming.
Same process as above, though I used a fairly standard tapered leg since it was going to be used as a computer desk.
Scrapwood Desk
Originally this table was made to stack 8 1/2 x 11 handouts on. It's sat under my office window. Since it was going to be a fairly boring construction, I decided to do a multiple bent laminate on one of the legs just for kicks. My niece named it the sneaky leg table.
Sneaky Leg Table
My wife wanted a sewing table. I had seen a design in Fine Woodworking magazine that was similar as this. It's purpose was to hold the sewing machine and give her a little room for fabric to not fall off the desk. Because it's a little larger and won't fit through a doorway, I had to construct it so it could be broken down and reassembled.
Wishbone Desk
I had a piece of white oak come into the shop that had a nice curvature to it and it just screamed, “make me into a clock!”. So I did! I glued some smaller pieces together to create the back to be the exact same as the front then routed some rabbets along the long edges and ends. The sides are only 5/16” thick so they would be able to be glued into the rabbets. There also support blocks all along the interior for added strength. I 3-D printed the markers and bought a quartz clock mechanism that seems to be working fine. Has a bit of a mid-century wink to it.
Leaning Clock
Radiator Cover
I had a client in Richmond, VA that wanted radiator covers she could put a cushion on and use as additional seating. My goal was to cut the profile of the molding so that the radiator cover would hug the wall. She wanted it unfinished so she could paint it. There were three in total one of them in a very odd shaped bathroom that ended up looking like a rhombus. Ha!
Another school project. We had to build a table with a veneer top and MDF substrate. Being that I was a poor student, I got scraps for free from a local lumber store. It was also my first experience at shaping legs and creating patterns.
Veneer Coffee Table
Horn Leg Table
This was one of the first pieces I ever made. Purely out of necessity. I had no idea what I was doing, joinery wise, as you can see I glued end grain to long grain… I found an old car horn in a shed behind the house I was living in to use as a leg. All the wood were scraps from my Dad’s basement. I still have it!