Walnut, cherry 22 1/2″h x 13 1/4″w x 6 1/8″d This cabinet gets its name from the age of the walnut. Actually, I have no idea how old it is, but it was sitting for untold years in a barn when the person that I bought it from bought it […]
Ash, figured Oregon maple, walnut, art glass 25 ¾”h x 17 ½”w x 7 ½”d There are two drawers with burl walnut fronts behind the doors of this cabinet. The panels are figured maple from Oregon and iridescent glass that variously looks plain opaque to the colors of an oil […]
Mahogany, goncalo alves 25 3/4″h x 14 1/4″w x 7″d This is one of my first cabinets, made over 20 years ago when genuine Honduras mahogany was still around and when I was still using “exotic” woods such as the goncalo alves panel. For ethical reasons, I don’t use those […]
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, […]
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 […]