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Light and Graceful Comb-Back Windsor Chair

FWW_Gallery, member | October 24th, 2012

Woodworker: Bill PerryPerry set out to make a comb-back Windsor chair that was as light and graceful as possible while still maintaining its strength. The chair has a poplar seat, maple legs and...

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Colorful Corner Cabinet

FWW_Gallery, member | October 24th, 2012

Woodworker: Tom Cowan Cowan collaborated with artist Kelly Torreano to create this corner cabinet, blending his woodworking skill with her passion for gardening and painting. Although he has been...

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Double Oxbow Salem Secretary

FWW_Gallery, member | October 24th, 2012

Woodworker: J. Albert Hudson Hudson was so inspired by the double oxbow Salem secretary in Home Furniture #7 that he vowed to reproduce it. Twelve years later, at the age of 88, he did just that...

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Block-Front Chest

FWW_Gallery, member | October 24th, 2012

Woodworker: Roland Benjamin Patterned after the block-front style of chest developed in Newport, R.I., this version was inspired by a photo in Nutting's Furniture Treasury. The original was made in...

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Tit for Tat Tables

FWW_Gallery, member | October 24th, 2012

Woodworker: Kimberly Winkle These tables (16 in. dia. by 22 in. tall), called “Tit for Tat,” are made of poplar, and mahogany offcuts from a guitar manufacturer. Winkle used spindle-turning and...

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Wave Chest

FWW_Gallery, member | October 24th, 2012

Woodworker: John P. McCormackMcCormack designed this chest to display a sea-form glass sculpture by Dale Chihuly. The chest’s rippled surfaces and milk-paint colors play on the ocean theme but...

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Cogswell Bombé Chest Reproduction

FWW_Gallery, member | October 24th, 2012

Woodworker: John P. McCormack McCormack built this piece as a student at the North Bennet Street School. He based it on a John-Cogswell-attributed chest in the Museum of Fine Arts Boston collection...

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16-Piece Turned Kitchen Set

FWW_Gallery, member | October 24th, 2012

Woodworker: Mike Mahoney Mahoney made this 16-piece poplar set to create something that could be passed down as a family heirloom but still function in an everyday kitchen. With nearly 15 years of...

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Chess Table

FWW_Gallery, member | October 24th, 2012

Woodworker: Bert Wortel Turnings, carvings, and inlay adorn this small chess table. Wortel crafted the board with solid wood with squares of holly and Peruvian walnut. He turned and carved...

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Custom Desk: Arts and Crafts Meets Bhutanese Architecture

FWW_Gallery, member | October 24th, 2012

Woodworker: Michael Lobby Arts and Crafts design and Bhutanese architecture fueled Lobby’s inspiration when he created this desk. He wanted the design to be uncomplicated yet highly functional as a...

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Mahogany Bombé Chest of Drawers

FWW_Gallery, member | October 24th, 2012

Woodworker: Frank Woolley Woolley estimates he invested more than 1,500 hours making this bombé chest of drawers. About 570 hours went into the actual construction and 180 hours into the finishing...

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Cherry Shaker Cupboard

FWW_Gallery, member | October 24th, 2012

Woodworker: Andrew Maisel This tall Shaker cupboard was inspired by a Shaker piece built in Massachusetts around 1840. Maisel made it entirely from solid wood, using cherry for the exterior and birch...

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John Townsend Reproduction Lowboy

FWW_Gallery, member | October 24th, 2012

Woodworker: William N. Moore Moore created this lowboy from the John Townsend original in the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City. Because he is a hobbyist woodworker, he says he has the...

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Wedding Chest

FWW_Gallery, member | October 24th, 2012

Woodworker: John P. McCormack McCormack crafted this chest when his friends Cathie and Sam got married. In lieu of traditional wedding gifts, the couple asked that guests help fund twocommissions...

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Pennsylvania Spice Box with Line-and-Berry Inlay

FWW_Gallery, member | October 24th, 2012

Woodworker: Steve Latta Latta built this inlaid spice cabinet to commemorate his 10th wedding anniversary. Since Latta and his wife are Quakers living in Chester County, Pa. he picked a design that...

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Children's Play Table

FWW_Gallery, member | October 24th, 2012

Woodworker: Evan Bottomley Bottomley, a student at Springfield High, was inspired to create this whimsical table by his niece's and nephew's fascination with bugs. The Japanese beetles symbolize...

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Mahogany German Kas

FWW_Gallery, member | October 24th, 2012

Woodworker: Shannon Kane Kane, of Springfield High School, challenged her skills by reproducing this mahogany and poplar armoire that she spotted in a Sotheby's catalog. She used a semi-gloss Deft...

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Louis Irion Reproduction Secretary

FWW_Gallery, member | October 24th, 2012

Woodworker: Chris Hedges This Philadelphia secretary swept the AWFS Fresh Wood student competition in July 2007, taking first place in the reproduction category, best in show, and the peoples...

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Brazilian Rose - Demilune Table

FWW_Gallery, member | October 24th, 2012

Woodworker: Russell Garcia-Lechelt Garcia-Lechelt's demilune table won first place in the Traditional Woodworking furniture category at the 2007 Design in Wood competition organized by the San Diego...

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Playful Energy - Impala Sculpture

FWW_Gallery, member | October 24th, 2012

Woodworker: Bill Churchill Churchill's sculpture won first place in the animal wood carving category at the 2007 Design in Wood competition organized by the San Diego Fine Woodworkers Association. A...

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