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Box'd

Thu, 17 Nov 2011 21:40:22 -0800

On December 8, 2011, The Northwest Woodworking Studio (1002 SE 8th Avenue, Portland) will host an opening reception from 5-8 p.m. for BOX’d, a holiday show of wooden boxes for wine.

Ten craftsmen (myself included) will be on hand to present hand-crafted wine themed boxes on display and for sale--a rare opportunity for one-of-a-kind heirloom holiday gifts. My “Sushi Box” (or “Wine Sarcophagus,” if you prefer) pictured above and featured previously on the 4Legged Furniture site, is one of the handmade boxes that will be available at the show.

The show continues at Northwest Woodworking Studio through December 23 (Weekdays from 9-4 and Saturday from 10-4).

Catching Up

Fri, 21 Oct 2011 20:12:56 -0700

Though it may seem nothing has happened of late, it’s really not the case. Much time has been spent in the shop, (both mine and Northwest Woodworking Studio), working on various projects. The photo above shows you some of the newly finished pieces since my last post.

Here is a short description of each:

A woodworkers toolbox in sycamore with walnut and ebony inlays.

A textured cherry picture frame with ebony accents.

A live edge walnut drawer with a translucent 3form® bottom, aspen sides and back with a walnut & holly domino inlay.

An Alaska yellow cedar tissue box with a 3form® top.

The Rogowski stool in white oak. (More in this in Sit).

Another milking stool in walnut and maple.

Quarter Round Cabinet (aka “signature Piece”)

Fri, 8 Jul 2011 16:00:01 -0700

This is my final project, or “Signature Piece” for the Mastery Program at Northwest Woodworking Studio. The requirements were simple; it must have three drawers and must be bigger than a bread box.

Made from Oregon walnut and makore with ebony plugs and secondary woods (not shown) of sycamore and Alaska yellow cedar on the drawer sides and bottoms, respectively. The main features of this cabinet include three coved-front drawers, and two tambour door “cubbies” with natural interior back lighting. Other construction features include hand-cut dovetail joinery on both the case and drawers, ebony plugs, a “waterfall” top to sides, hand-shaped legs, hand carved drawer and door pulls, curved (bent laminated) lower stretchers/shelf joined with ebony plugs. This finish on the case is a hardwax-oil, while drawers and doors are finished in shellac and waxed.

More pictures in Stash.

Lightning Stool

Wed, 8 Jun 2011 15:01:54 -0700

A bit of an unusual project, I was asked to make a low stool using glass electrical insulators as feet. I’m told these stools were common in the old fire lookout towers and you are supposed to crouch on them in the event of a lightning storm to keep from getting electrocuted while using the telephone. I had never heard of or seen anything like this, so the design was based on the description I was given. The insulators supplied to me came with the original oak mounting brackets which I decided to use as well.

Made from laminated white oak to go with the oak support bracket, then shaped and textured.

Dimensions are approximately 15” x 15” x 10”h and it weighs in at 19.8 pounds!

Poker Chair Update!

Sun, 1 May 2011 14:45:21 -0700

Quick update... The Poker Chair just won 1st Place in the advanced competition in the Guild of Oregon Woodworkers Intra-Guild show!

More pictures in Sit.