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tag: ebony

Design journal: A tea box gets a face lift

MPekovich, member | January 4th, 20132 comments

Revisiting an old design is a great opportunity to push the envelope, even if you were happy with the first try.

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Asian Interpretation Hall Table

FWW_Gallery, member | October 24th, 2012

Woodworker: Glen G. Guarino Asian designs inspired this hall table in shedua. Guarino used the joinery as the main ornamentation. He honed the parts predominantly by hand using handplanes and a...

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Aurora Chest of Drawers

FWW_Gallery, member | October 24th, 2012

Woodworker: Darrell Peart Greene and Greene style is the main influence for this chest of drawers, but Darrell Peart added pulls that allude to Krenov as well. Like Peart's other "Aurora" designs...

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Lidded Box

FWW_Gallery, member | October 24th, 2012

Japanese-style lidded box by Gary Rogowski. The box is made from alder and features an ebony handled, brass pinned lap joints, rounded sides, and a bottom lined with Japanese rice paper. The instructions are found in FW#139, pp. 60-63.

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Asian-style Cupboard

FWW_Gallery, member | October 24th, 2012

Daggett’s Asian-inspired cupboard is built from spalted beech, maple, walnut and ebony. The piece features Japanese rice paper inserts in the doors. It is finished with oil.

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Entertainment Cabinet

FWW_Gallery, member | October 24th, 2012

This entertainment center features a variety of woods, such as white oak, Honduras mahogany, iroko, black walnut, maple, and ebony. The unit also features curly-maple veneered door panels and is finished with acrylic lacquer over dewaxed shellac.

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Sculpture using Exotic woods to express an antedote to world hunger "Full Mouth, Empty Mouth"

davidcarve, member | April 26th, 2012

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A Tribute to Hokusai - A Marquetry Jewelry Box

RJ1403, member | November 8th, 20118 comments

I absolutely love the 18th century woodblock prints from the great master Katsushika Hokusai (1760-1849) showing the force of nature and the beauty of Mt. Fuji. Here is a jewelry box which...

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Hall Table "Dark Transition"

savage69, member | August 31st, 20111 comment

This Hall table called "Dark Transition" is made from Black Walnut (from Vancouver Island, B.C.), Spalted flame Maple (Vancouver Island), Ebony and Spanish Cedar.

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Rope handle spices up a tea box

MPekovich, member | May 24th, 20117 comments

Just a simple dovetailed box with a rope to keep it closed.

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Summer Storm

Timberwerks, member | June 1st, 2010

The Walnut for this hall table came from a tree felled by lighting during a summer storm. This is the first table I used butterfly shaped inserts for stabilizing the cracks rather than the familiar...

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"Buddha" Box

Triumph1, member | February 17th, 20103 comments

Since I am completely addicted to box making I always have a lot of small scraps laying around...actually I have a rolling bins worth!  I will take these scraps and make small boxes to study...

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Walnut Hall Table With Live Edge

fullnelson, member | July 26th, 20092 comments

Live edge top with Ebony & Wenge butterflies, strechers are stainless steel. Finish is oil / varnish followed by wax.

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Library Wall

Craig_T, member | June 17th, 20095 comments

This 33 foot long by 9 1/2 foot high built in cabinet incorporates several bookcases, pantry storage, an electronic component area, and various other types of storage. The clients...

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Bubinga & Maple Credenza

SFWoodworks, member | May 1st, 20096 comments

This is from my wine cabinet series. This piece though made for the show of The Furniture Society Conference held at Victoria, BC., Canada,  Frame is bubinga, door panels are maple...

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Jewelry Box- Bent laminated lid

guth3, member | March 14th, 20096 comments

This box was made with Rosewood, Ebony, and Fiddleback Maple. It is lined with Pig Skin Suede.

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"ZEN" incense box

Hemski, member | March 7th, 20092 comments

I have made this box for a good friend. He is a master in "ZEN" and a passionate coach helping out many people having a better life. 

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Bed Frame

bkryston, member | February 8th, 20092 comments

I graduated college in 2005 and decided it was time to leave the air mattress and 2x4 bed frames behind. This had numerous first attempts for me and though I would probably change the design a little...

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Macassar Ebony Credenza

SFWoodworks, member | December 24th, 20081 comment

Macassar ebony veneers on appleply as well as in solid form. Entire inside is veneered with bird's eye maple. Handles feature abalone accents. Legs and aprons are solid walnut, end grain...

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hall table

pype, member | November 20th, 200811 comments

This small table is Honduran mahogany. The raised top is veneered in curly maple.  The drawer fronts are redgum, and the accents and handles are ebony.  The drawer sides are...

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