Woodworks
Below are a few of the wood working projects I am most proud of. They all come from my time in high school when I would do my best to spend as much time in the school woodshop as I could. Coming in before school began in the mornings, staying in during my lunch period and having hall passes written by my shop teacher so I could get to English late. These were all the means by which I could spend as much time designing and building as I could.
That bug for building and making led to a handful of projects from my time in high school which I am both very proud of and certain compelled me to pursue a degree and career in design.
Dovetail Saw
One of my most time consuming and research intensive projects was the dovetail saw. Every piece on it was either made or altered by my hand in some way. I carved, shaped and finished the tote, lathed and soldered the nuts and bolts, rounded the brass backing and filed the saw teeth to sharpness.
Peppermill
Made from a variety of spalted wood known as Ambrosia Maple this project was one of my later lathe projects.
Spokeshave
Inspired by the antique hand tools my shop teacher accumulated over the years, my second hand tool was this spokeshave. Using a kit for the hardware I milled and sanded the body of this classic shaving tool from maple.
Windsor Stool
My first project in a furniture making course was this Windsor Stool. The stool top is made from poplar painted with a red milk paint. The legs are of a form which I designed based on classic stool leg forms. The stool is held together almost entirely by tension and compression with the slightest bit of help from wood glue.
The Waterfall Table
Combining skills of woodworking and metalworking this coffee table was my final project in a furniture making course. The locust wood which makes up the top and one end of the table is live edge and leaves a natural continuation of grain from horizontal to vertical span. A channel was routed away from the hidden side of the wood in order to make way for a steel leg which posts up the other end of the table.
