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Serpentine Chair |
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After being somewhat dissatisfied with the results of my previous two attempts at a chair, it took me a while to attempt it again - sixteen years, to be exact. The result is this, built in cherry, ebony, stainless steel, nickel-plated aluminum, and nylon monofilament line. The weaving of the nylon and stainless was especially challenging, taking some 40 hours to complete. The finish uses a gel stain with a lacquer top coat.
The Serpentine Chair won the "Peer Award"
and "Best in Show" award at the 2009 Northern Woods
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Ellipsoid 2 Table |
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I decided to use different materials in
the second of the Ellipsoid tables. The materials are bubinga veneer,
maple, curly maple, ebony, brass and birch plywood. The finish uses
waterborne polyurethane and wipe-on polyurethane. $6500.
The Ellipsoid 2 Table won the "Most
technically Accomplished" award at the 2008 Northern Woods
Exhibition in Edina, Minnesota. |
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| Ellipsoid Table |
The first table I've done in fifteen years
turned out to be a good one. The materials are bubinga veneer, walnut,
red oak, maple, birds eye maple, curly maple, ebony, brass and birch
plywood. The finish uses gel stain, black acrylic lacquer, clear nitrocellulose
lacquer, Behlen's Rockhard Tabletop Varnish and wipe-on polyurethane.
$5500.
The Ellipsoid Table won the "Peer"
and "Best in Show" awards at the 2006 Northern Woods
Exhibition in Edina, Minnesota. |
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Kathleen's Table |
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This was one of the few pieces I executed while in graduate
school at the University of Kansas. I created it as a wedding
present for a college friend. It is constructed of mahogany,
padauk, brass, glass and rubber and finished with Danish oil.
It can also be disassembled. Not for sale. |
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Rainbow Chair |
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The Rainbow Chair was my first realistic attempt at a chair.
I wanted to experiment with some construction techniques and
materials I hadn't used in furniture up to that point. It is
all maple construction with insets in the arm rests of pattern-welded
("damascus") steel. Not for sale. |
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Game Table |
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My first attempt at a table, it is still used by my mother
on her summer porch. It was a great learning experience and
still reminds me of how much I did not know about wood construction
at the time. It is constructed of maple, birds eye maple, walnut
and glass. Not for sale. |
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"X" Chair |
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The "X" Chair was an experiment in knock-down
furniture designed to be easy to assemble and comfortable. The entire
chair was held together by a single bolt that went from the rear leg
through the intersection of the two S-shaped members, and into the
bottom of the seat. The back then slid onto two posts at the top.
It was built in ash, aluminum and steel and finished in danish oil.
Unfortunately, the only "X" Chair was destroyed in a small
flood two years after completion. |
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