END GRAIN CABINET (BROOKLYN, NY) 2010
This small wall cabinet is made from randomly sized reclaimed spruce blocks captured within a TIG welded steel grid. The dovetailed door and carcase are made from ebonized ash.
SMALL SCALEBESPOKE CRAFTED furniture, prototypes, product design, and woodworkEND GRAIN CABINET (BROOKLYN, NY) 2010This small wall cabinet is made from randomly sized reclaimed spruce blocks captured within a TIG welded steel grid. The dovetailed door and carcase are made from ebonized ash. DOVETAIL BENCH (BROOKLYN, NY) 2010Dovetail shaped blackened steel legs nested into a reclaimed beam. This 16" high bench can also serve as a narrow coffee table. MORTISE DESK (BROOKLYN, NY) 2011Reclaimed hem-fir desk with longleaf pine keys. Legs are splayed and tapered before being splined into the desk top (16 x 49 x 29 inches). PICKLED MEDIA CENTER (BROOKLYN, NY) 2010White-washed hem-fir media center. HYDROPONIC KITCHEN ISLAND (BROOKLYN, NY) 2010Walnut and stainless steel hydroponic kitchen island prototype. T5 or LED grow lights can be used in this space, energy, and water efficient device. Serves as a small kitchen garden, prep table from one side, and dining table from the other. Designed for the constraints of a small urban apartment (24 x 48 x 36 inches). RECIPROCAL END TABLE (ROCKPORT, ME) 2008An iteration of a reciprocal frame structure, this time in furniture. This small end table features ebonized bent laminate white oak and fiddleback maple veneer. The joinery placement and layout was determined with CAD, but executed with hand tools. NESTING TEA AND DINING TABLE (BROOKLYN, NY) 2008Nesting tea and dining tables designed/built to traditional Korean dimensions for a compact four-person dining table (800 x 800 x 305 mm, which is also well suited to a small NYC apartment). Quartersawn white oak tables feature hand-cut dovetail and stub tenon joinery, mother of pearl inlay, and hand-chamfered edge treatment deliberately left proud. OBJECTS FROM OFFCUTS (BROOKLYN, NY) 2010Using offcuts and overage from some of the projects featured in this portfolio, I crafted these simple household pieces during quick creative exercises. STEAM BENT PITCHFORK (VERMONT) 2010Hand riven and shaped green ash pitch fork steam bent using traditional methods. FLAT-PACK TOOLBOX (ROCKPORT, ME) 2008Flat-pack toolbox features dovetails, through-mortises, and opposing wedges; all executed with hand tools. |
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