Pennsylvania walnut 27 3/4″h x 16″w x 6 1/2″d My (great) Uncle Vito was the most skilled woodworker I ever knew. His father and several brothers were woodworkers, so it was in his blood. I was in his house once, when I was first starting out in my woodworking endeavors, […]
Oregon walnut 71″l x 31″w x 19 1/2″h Like a lot of woodworkers, I fell in love with the work of George Nakashima and wanted to make similar furniture, but I never had the means to buy wide slabs until about five years ago, when I also happened to stumble […]
Walnut 36″l x 14″w x 16″h I found the top of this table leaning by itself against the wall by the garage door of a lumber supplier, Hearne Hardwoods, in Oxford, Pennsylvania. The top may have been one step from the firewood pile because of that knot, which is usually […]
White oak 42″l x 16″w x 17 1/2″h I made this table to match a Stickley sofa that we bought. (Yes, I know, I could have made the sofa, too, but I didn’t want to deal with getting cushions made for it.) With its straight lines, it’s sometimes a bit […]
Bench – Pennsylvania walnut 45”w x 10-16”d x 17 ½” Coat Rack – Oak, mirror, hooks 50”w x 13 ½”h The bench is made from the first free edge piece of lumber I ever bought, this something like 25 years ago. I bought it from Talarico Hardwoods. I made the coat […]
Walnut, knob of black iron 24″h x 10″w x 6″d The cabinet gets was named anatomy from the panel, a piece of Oregon walnut that has been resawn and bookmatched. When I applied the finish to the panel, I suddenly saw an X-ray of a torso, the ribs above, the […]
Cherry, flamed copper, paint 22”h x 16 ¾”w x 6 ¼”d This is the second tea cabinet I’ve made utilizing the flamed copper sheets created by Studio Yates. In certain light, the copper doesn’t seem copper at all but a painted canvas or, more usually, glass that is lighted from […]
Cherry, paint, glass, approx. 30”h x 18”d x 60”w I made this sideboard for my brother Carmen and his wife Charlotte. The panels in the doors have been textured with a gouge, and there are rectangles of blue glass let into the side panels. The glass looked lonely when I […]