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tag: modern

Modern Chair

FWW_Gallery, member | October 24th, 20121 comment

Woodworker: Adrian Ferrazzutti At first glance, Adrian Ferrazzutti’s wenge-and-bloodwood chair is sleek, elegant, and simple in design. Yet the chair’s construction was anything but effortless. A...

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An Elegant and Comfortable Curved-Back Chair

FWW_Gallery, member | October 24th, 2012

Woodworker: Todd GravesIn designing this chair, Graves used bent laminations joined at compound angles in order to form a back that is comfortable, yet elegant. The contrast of woods...

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Lighted Lacewood Cabinet

FWW_Gallery, member | October 24th, 2012

Woodworker: Mark Cwik Mark Cwik added a unique touch to his lacewood cabinet by incorporating plastic-resin panels in the doors. The panels' pattern was created using natural materials, such as...

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Maple and Wenge Bench

FWW_Gallery, member | October 24th, 2012

Woodworker: Stewart Wurtz Wurtz built this bench for the entryway of a contemporary house. To give the bench a modern feel, Wurtz kept a simple form and used contrasting woods, big-leaf figured maple...

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Goodman Chair

FWW_Gallery, member | October 24th, 2012

Woodworker: Jere Williams Jere Williams' background in sculpture inspired the organic, flowing lines of this modernsist chair. Assembled with floating mortise-and-tenon joinery, the piece was mostly...

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Hand-Carved Chest

FWW_Gallery, member | October 24th, 2012

Chest by Michael Cullen features hand-carved, milk-painted wood, a wenge base, and an unfinished Port Orford cedar bottom.

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Four-Door Cabinet

FWW_Gallery, member | October 24th, 2012

Kinsley, a professional marqueter, crafted this piece in collaboration with Eric Suave, a visual artist. The cabinet is made from cherry, wenge and English sycamore and is finished with a catalyzed-lacquer.

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Display Cabinet

FWW_Gallery, member | October 24th, 2012

The display cabinet is made from cherry, wenge and English sycamore and is finished with catalyzed-lacquer.

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Bathroom Cabinet with Curved Doors

TheAustrian, member | November 18th, 20113 comments

The original idea was to make a piece with straightforward sides and curved doors as an eye catcher. I had seen these doors on a piece by Jeff O'Brien and decided to give it a try. Once the doors...

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Quilted Sapele Dining Table

OmarAngelPerez, member | August 8th, 20113 comments

This is a recent commission finished for a client that wanted to seat two at the ends of the dining table.  That size especially works nice when it's a square, and becomes quite a statement when...

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Wenge & Quilted Maple Entertainment Console

SFWoodworks, member | July 14th, 2011

This wenge cabinet with quilted maple panels feature double tapered legs and sides, huge slab of wide wenge board, which has an eye just like Jupiter's red eye, on top and shimmering quilted maple...

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Kaligrafia - a hall table

YOUNGNICK, member | April 12th, 20113 comments

Its a hall table that I'd been struggling to draw for a few weeks. I had the germ of an idea in my head but I couldn't get it nailed down on paper, but eventually it just fell out of me in 5 mins...

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End Table

qcwood, member | January 20th, 20114 comments

This contemporary end table was made for our family room and is made of quarter sawn Englsh Brown Oak and Wenge.  It is 12 by 21 and is 25 high.  Tongue and groove joinery mates Wenge to...

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R2 with Wings

gerbleck, member | October 3rd, 20101 comment

Definitely the strangest coffee table I have ever made  (strangest I have ever seen actually...It was oodles of fun though)

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Silhouette Bed

Wonkey, member | July 7th, 20102 comments

The two reclining figures at the top of the headboard and the moons on the footboard are made from paduk.  The rest of the bed is mahogany with wenge accents.  The mattress sits on...

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Silhouette Nightstand

Wonkey, member | July 7th, 20101 comment

These nightstands mate with the Silhouette Bed (see my profile for that post) and are mahogany and paduk with wenge accents.  The carcass is comprised of a single continuous panel cut and...

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Dining Table & Bench

cbettin, member | June 25th, 20101 comment

Second project ever completed. 80" x 40" Solid walnut trimmed with wenge. Finished with tung oil and wax.

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Dressing Table

Wonkey, member | May 23rd, 20101 comment

Dressing table in quilted and tiger stripe maple with bubinga and wenge drawers.  Built as a companion piece to the bath vanity (see my profile for that post) with the same proportions and...

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Modern Bath Vanity

Wonkey, member | April 12th, 2010

Maple with bubinga and wenge accents.  We were looking for a very modern look with a lot of primary colors and contrast to go with the black and white of the tiles and sinks.  The room...

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Wenge & Quilted Maple End Tables

SFWoodworks, member | February 1st, 20102 comments

These two 9/16" thick, bookmatched quilted maple tops were resawn, thickness sanded and stored for 8 years and finally it was their turn to be glorious. Both tables are 24" high but they are...

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