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parquetry box
Different veneers cut, rearanged, and glued up in different patterns. I was going for something with an asian flair.
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Jewelry Box
2 commentsThe Jewelry Box is made of Spalted Maple and the ribbons are made of Wenge, Purpleheart and Satinwood. It has a removable felt insert and the lift out tray features a second small ribbon...
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Walnut Coffee Table
The table's upswept "arms" are constructed with a mortise and tenon frame with bent plywood skins on each side. The base is four-way book-matched veneer over aspen with bread board edging all...
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Chess Table
2 commentsI made this chess table in 2007 with cocobolo, maple and cherry. The frame is cherry with 1/8" thick maple and cocobolo veneer. The pulls and beading are cocobolo. The table has two drawers and two...
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Skyscraper Boy
2 commentsBureau with built in spiral staircase you climb to access top drawers. Curl maple front, black walnut corners and drawer dividers, zebra wood bead with built in handles. Ball and claw legs and...
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Blanket Chest
5 commentsBlanket chest with 4 way walnut burl bookmatched top rimmed in gaboon ebony, African mahogany crotch bookmatched front and cedar lined.
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Set of End Tables
End Table 30”h X 16”w X 16”d Curly Maple, Birch Bark, Lacquer. The photos don't show the high gloss lacquer. Hand rubbing all those scallops was a real pain (36 hrs. total).
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Arts and Crafts Credenza
2 commentsWhile working in a kitchen cabinet manufacturer I found that offcuts of up to 1 3/4 inch were being cut to fireplace length. So instead of wasting all this wood I decided to build a credenza...
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Griffin, End Table
7 commentsThis piece of furniture took me around 1100 hours to make. Carving and marquetry added to a piece of furniture can really take you back in time. When designing this piece I really wanted to add...
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Acanthus Leaf Theme, Dinning Table & Chairs
2 commentsThis old world dinning table and chairs, I made five years ago for a customer in 2004. The top's marquetry has eight french acanthus leafs around the top. And a center acanthus flower in bloom in the...
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Alexandra's jewelry box
1 commentThis cabinet, made for my 8yr. old daughter Alexandra is designed to hang necklaces and hold rings and earings in the drawer. Built of airdryed walnut, quilted maple, mahogany, pau ferro and...
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Chess Table, Chairs & Chess Pieces
9 commentsThis is the first of three sets that I made. I made this set ten years ago. The other two I made seven years ago. All three sets are made out of American Black Walnut, & Hard...
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Chippendale Mirror
2 commentsThis was a wedding gift for two close friends. I'm just starting out, so my shop only has a bandsaw, workbench and various hand tools. I started with roughsawn boards and...
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Pembroke Table
2 commentsThis is a Federal Inspired Pembroke Table made while at North Bennet Street School. The entire piece is cut from a 10/4 X 20"wide Mahogany slab from Irion Lumber. Lots of resawing. Breaking with...
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Decorative Parquetry, Dinning Table
1 commentThis 54" diameter table top has Maple, Birch, & Ebony. I cut the parquetry with a scalpel, using the "Window Method"
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Chess Set
2 commentsThis chess set is made of walnut and maple, the top is walnut and maple veneer and the drawer fronts are zebrawood veneer. I turned the pieces on my midi lathe from walnut and maple alsonbsp...
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Stylish Box
8 commentsMade out of solid Ribbion stripped Mahogany, & Ebony for the hardwood. And Bloodwood, Myrtle Burl, Walnut, & Edbony for the marquetry. Size is 9" wide x 13" long x 5 1/2" tall.
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A replica of the Benjamin Seaton Tool chest
3 commentsIn 2006 I decided to build a replica of the Seaton tool chest. The chest itself took about nine months working about three hours a day. Another hundred or so hours was spent making some of the...
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Cube side tables
2 commentsThese "Cube" side tables are a simple, modern design. Because they have no defined bottom or top they can be used in different configurations as low or higher side tables or as a base for a...
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arched top hope chest
8 commentsQuartersawn cherry frame with quilted maple and tiger maple veneered panels,and walnut beading and pegs. The top of this hope chest is a bent lamination panel set into a frame and panel. The curved...
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Large Humidor
This large humidor is made from Babinga, Black Walnut, Spanish Cedar and Spalted Maple. I found the Spalted Maple on Saltspring island just off of Vancouver island in British ColumbiaThe...
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Drama on the Table Top
2 commentsI teach a concept called storylining and is very effective at transforming furniture into functional art. It involves creating a composition using basic storytelling techniques of character...
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Ole Boulle
6 commentsThis is a collectors cabinet popular in Europe during the 1700's. Many different different techniques such as mold making, boulle marquetry, composition ornament were used. I cover all these at Marc...
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Poor Man's Ruhlmann Cabinet on Stand
2 commentsWhy is it called "Poor Man's Ruhlmann"? I used recomposed ebony versus the real thing ($2 sf vs $14), PVC instead of ivory, Mother of Pearl sheets instead of solid pearl, and poplar legs.
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Ruhlmann Art Deco Sofa Table
Ruhlmann Art Deco Sofa Table made with ebony, brazilian rosewood, PVC for ivory, and aluminum.
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Autumn Aspen table
Table design is original and was inspired by views of fall aspen blowing in the wind. The solid wood for edging and legs is tiger maple, which was chosen to give impression of shimmering...
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Wall Cabinet
1 commentWall cabinet with curved front of spalted maple burl on the outside and curly maple inside. The door, constructed with bent lamination, is covered on all edges with ebony. The exterior case is made...
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Sofa table
Figured mahogany is used in a 4-way book match for the top. Bentwood lamination was used to create a subtle curve in the front skirt, echoing the curve cut into the top. Legs have flowing curves with...
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Humidors
2 commentsMade as Christmas presents for my four , cigar smoking, golf buddies, these Humidors are constructed from spalted maple, flame and curly maple with black walnut and mahogany edging and detailing. The...
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Drop-leaf table
Drop leaf table for 6. Constructed of cherry and walnut, featuring book matched curly cherry top.
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Sleigh Bed
Cherry sleigh bed. Made with solids and veneer over a plywood and poplar frame.
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