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Ginkgo Chairs, Kotatsu Table, and Shodo Shelf

AaronDye, member | April 12th, 20131 comment

These pieces were created mainly with hand tools. The finish includes sumi ink, oil pastel (red portions), gold leaf, and amber shellac. The inspiration comes from Japanese cultural concepts such as...

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Chest drawer for a young lady. (Cajonero para una joven dama)

rsantos, member | March 16th, 20131 comment

Drawings,measures, and assembly process by Rsantos Art Decor kitsch style drawer chest is made using MDF, and melaminic particle boards. Jointning system is "pocket hole", using self taping, washer...

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Bookcase from scraps

Chuck_Griffith, member | January 29th, 2013

My daughter-in-law picked up a pair of twin-bed head and footboards at a recycling place. They were free, hence a problem - no stretchers to connect them. I offered to help, which also meant buying...

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Wave Desk 2

r_brou, member | January 27th, 20132 comments

Recently completed Wave Desk 2. Made of Poplar and MDF. 92"l x 36"w x 31"h

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Ebonized/Stained Poplar Bedside Table

papeburrus, member | December 8th, 2012

My daughter "commissioned" this bedside table for her newly decorated room. She wanted it black, but still wanted to see the grain of the wood to match some other furniture. I used poplar and...

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Casket

Troutrx, member | November 11th, 20123 comments

I was asked by a close friend to build him a casket. He was diagnosed with terminal liver cancer and had 2-6 months to live. I was honored to build it. As a woodworker, it was a very enjoyable...

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Orchid Table

FWW_Gallery, member | October 24th, 2012

Woodworker: Jeremy Grubb This side table (20. in dia. by 25 in. tall) won the Judges Special Award, sponsored by FWW, at the Texas Furniture Makers Show in Kerrville, Texas, in December 2011. Grubb...

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Hepplewhite Serpentine Chest of Drawers

FWW_Gallery, member | October 24th, 2012

Woodworker: Eric OranskyOransky based this reproduction of a Hepplewhite serpentine chest of drawers on a piece made in the late 1700s in New England. He created a scaled drawing of the piece...

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Back-Lit Shaker Sideboard

FWW_Gallery, member | October 24th, 2012

Woodworker: Doug ClarnerClarner collaborated with artist Trenny Robb of Sutton, Vt., when designing this Shaker-style sideboard, which won the 2010 Vermont Fine Furniture and Wood Products Design...

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Newport Bureau

FWW_Gallery, member | October 24th, 2012

Woodworker: Pete MichelinieThis mahogany and poplar desk (20-1/2-in. deep by 36-1/2-in. wide by 32-3/4-in. tall) is a reproduction of a Newport block-front kneehole bureau attributed to Edmund...

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Curved Hall Table

FWW_Gallery, member | October 24th, 2012

Woodworker: Enrico KonigWhen he started making furniture in the 1990s, Enrico König says he was “a bit of a solid-wood snob. I figured veneered work was inferior.” But when he had the idea for a...

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Chippendale Chest of Drawers

FWW_Gallery, member | October 24th, 2012

Woodworker: Michael DisanoDisano built this cherry and poplar chest of drawers from plans by Carlyle Lynch (1909-1989). Lynch, a woodworker and teacher of woodworking, was known for creating detailed...

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Skeleton Clock of Maple, Ebony, Poplar, and Holly

FWW_Gallery, member | October 24th, 2012

Woodworker: Charles MaxwellOn Charles Maxwell’s Cape Cod honeymoon 27 years ago, he and his wife saw a skeleton clock, and he vowed to make her one. In 2007 after retiring from the U.S. Navy...

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"Home from the Sea" Chest of Drawers

FWW_Gallery, member | October 24th, 2012

Woodworker: David BoyleSetting out to make something colorful and playful, Boyle built this chest of drawers, 29 in. deep by 56 in. wide by 35 in. tall. He started with hornbeam logs and resawed them...

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Pennsylvania Spice Box

FWW_Gallery, member | October 24th, 2012

Woodworker: James PlatteterThree factors motivated Platteter to build this Pennsylvania spice box: the beauty of the original in The Pennsylvania Spice Box by Lee Ellen Griffith (Chester County...

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Crazy Horse Carving

FWW_Gallery, member | October 24th, 20121 comment

Woodworker: Bill Churchill Churchill's inspiration for this carving came from an article about Crazy Horse, who had a vision of himself riding a fast horse and wearing a red-tailed hawk feather...

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Rustic Twisted Rocker

FWW_Gallery, member | October 24th, 2012

Woodworker: John Steele DavisDavis started out building traditional furniture and Windsor chairs, but then began making his twist on the traditional using the gnarled wood of the Mississippi...

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Shaker Style Child's Desk

FWW_Gallery, member | October 24th, 2012

Woodworker: Kelly J. DuntonDunton, an associate art director at Fine Woodworking and an avid woodworker, was influenced by the Shaker aesthetic for the design of this child's desk, 19-3/4 in. deep by...

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Free-Form Lectern

FWW_Gallery, member | October 24th, 2012

Woodworker: Mitch MandelMandel's wife, a sixth-grade teacher, needed a lectern for her classroom, so he challenged himself to design and construct one that was simple, elegant, nontraditional, and...

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Light and Graceful Comb-Back Windsor Chair

FWW_Gallery, member | October 24th, 2012

Woodworker: Bill PerryPerry set out to make a comb-back Windsor chair that was as light and graceful as possible while still maintaining its strength. The chair has a poplar seat, maple legs and...

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Colorful Corner Cabinet

FWW_Gallery, member | October 24th, 2012

Woodworker: Tom Cowan Cowan collaborated with artist Kelly Torreano to create this corner cabinet, blending his woodworking skill with her passion for gardening and painting. Although he has been...

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Double Oxbow Salem Secretary

FWW_Gallery, member | October 24th, 2012

Woodworker: J. Albert Hudson Hudson was so inspired by the double oxbow Salem secretary in Home Furniture #7 that he vowed to reproduce it. Twelve years later, at the age of 88, he did just that...

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Block-Front Chest

FWW_Gallery, member | October 24th, 2012

Woodworker: Roland Benjamin Patterned after the block-front style of chest developed in Newport, R.I., this version was inspired by a photo in Nutting's Furniture Treasury. The original was made in...

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Tit for Tat Tables

FWW_Gallery, member | October 24th, 2012

Woodworker: Kimberly Winkle These tables (16 in. dia. by 22 in. tall), called “Tit for Tat,” are made of poplar, and mahogany offcuts from a guitar manufacturer. Winkle used spindle-turning and...

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Wave Chest

FWW_Gallery, member | October 24th, 2012

Woodworker: John P. McCormackMcCormack designed this chest to display a sea-form glass sculpture by Dale Chihuly. The chest’s rippled surfaces and milk-paint colors play on the ocean theme but...

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Cogswell Bombé Chest Reproduction

FWW_Gallery, member | October 24th, 2012

Woodworker: John P. McCormack McCormack built this piece as a student at the North Bennet Street School. He based it on a John-Cogswell-attributed chest in the Museum of Fine Arts Boston collection...

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16-Piece Turned Kitchen Set

FWW_Gallery, member | October 24th, 2012

Woodworker: Mike Mahoney Mahoney made this 16-piece poplar set to create something that could be passed down as a family heirloom but still function in an everyday kitchen. With nearly 15 years of...

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Chess Table

FWW_Gallery, member | October 24th, 2012

Woodworker: Bert Wortel Turnings, carvings, and inlay adorn this small chess table. Wortel crafted the board with solid wood with squares of holly and Peruvian walnut. He turned and carved...

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Custom Desk: Arts and Crafts Meets Bhutanese Architecture

FWW_Gallery, member | October 24th, 2012

Woodworker: Michael Lobby Arts and Crafts design and Bhutanese architecture fueled Lobby’s inspiration when he created this desk. He wanted the design to be uncomplicated yet highly functional as a...

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Mahogany Bombé Chest of Drawers

FWW_Gallery, member | October 24th, 2012

Woodworker: Frank Woolley Woolley estimates he invested more than 1,500 hours making this bombé chest of drawers. About 570 hours went into the actual construction and 180 hours into the finishing...

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Cherry Shaker Cupboard

FWW_Gallery, member | October 24th, 2012

Woodworker: Andrew Maisel This tall Shaker cupboard was inspired by a Shaker piece built in Massachusetts around 1840. Maisel made it entirely from solid wood, using cherry for the exterior and birch...

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John Townsend Reproduction Lowboy

FWW_Gallery, member | October 24th, 2012

Woodworker: William N. Moore Moore created this lowboy from the John Townsend original in the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City. Because he is a hobbyist woodworker, he says he has the...

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