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Readers Gallery
From Fine Woodworking Issue #171
Andrew J. Ritchie
Ritchie was browsing in a store a couple of years ago when a Windsor chair caught his eye. He was so intrigued by it that he signed up for a local chair-making class taught by John Robinson, proprietor of John Robinson Windsor Chairs. This left-handed writing-arm Windsor (30 in. deep by 35 in. wide by 42 1⁄2 in. tall) is one of four different designs he’s built since taking the course. The chair is made of oak, basswood, cherry, and pine and finished with two coats of red, blue, and yellow milk paint, linseed oil, and wax.
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Keith S. Cornell and Paul N. Smith II
Cornell and Smith built this china cabinet (22 in. deep by 80 in. wide by 84 in. tall) as part of a two-piece dining set for a client. The design originated from a piece made by Morris & Company that appears in Good Citizen’s Furniture: The Arts and Crafts Collections at Cheltenham (Ashgate Publishing Co., 1999). Built of Honduras mahogany, the piece features a maple upper cabinet interior with true divided-light doors, meaning the mullions completely divide the curved panes of glass. It has an oil finish.
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Paul Petrie Jr.
Petrie turned this pedestal box (51⁄4 in. dia. by 10 1⁄2 in. tall) as an entry in the 2003 Northeast Woodworkers annual show. Made of mahogany and spalted maple, its form was inspired by a world globe. It is finished with a hand-rubbed mixture of varnish, tung oil, and gum turpentine. Photo by John Paul Viscosi
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Barry Gruer
After retiring from a career as a pediatric dentist, Gruer enrolled in Palomar College’s woodworking program and made this lowboy (19 in. deep by 38 in. wide by 36 in. tall) as his first project. The design was inspired by a highboy in Norman Vandal’s Queen Anne Furniture (The Taunton Press, 1990). The piece is made of curly maple with ebony plugs and is finished with tung oil. Photo by Archie Breeden |
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