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Readers Gallery
From Fine Woodworking Issue #162
Brian Bortz
"I am a high-tech corporate dropout who picked up woodworking as a hobby five years ago," said Bortz. He designed and built this bow-front entertainment center (30 in. deep by 43 in. wide by 77 in. tall) because he has always felt that televisions and stereos should not be considered furniture and should be hidden when not in use. Made of walnut, the piece features book-matched pommele sapele veneered door panels, Greek key dentil molding and turned ebony door and inside drawer knobs. It has a lacquer finish. Photo by Alex Justin
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Randall Shope
After his wife decided that they needed a larger desk, Shope volunteered to build this rolltop desk (34 in. deep by 56 in. wide by 48 in. tall). Using Kenneth Baumert's article "Building a Roll-Top Desk" (FWW #79, pp. 48-53) as a starting point, he incorporated design ideas from other antique desks as well. Made of white and red oak with trim and accent pieces of Brazilian cherry, the piece is finished with Danish oil and wipe-on polyurethane.
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Robert L. Millard
Millard made this shelf clock with bracket (5 3/4 in. deep by 11 3/4 in. wide by 32 3/4 in. tall) based on a photograph of a David Wood original in American Antiques from Israel Sack Collection: Volume 8 (Highland House Publishers, 1986). The primary wood is mahogany, and the secondary woods are poplar, white pine and basswood. The piece features inlays of satinwood, curly maple and ebony and a professionally painted clock face. Because the David Wood original is missing its bracket, Millard combined features from several examples for his reproduction. It is finished with a lime-and-water mixture, dye-tinted Danish oil and shellac.
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Andrew Wappett
Based on a design that Wappett regularly makes, this rocking chair (44 in. deep by 27 in. wide by 48 in. tall) was commissioned as a Mother's Day gift. The rocker is constructed out of figured birch and cherry. The relief carving of the two chickadees on the crest rail was done by Philip Marshall, a local artisan. The rocker is finished with an oil-and-varnish mixture, and the carving is highlighted with oil paint.
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