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Pierced earring cabinet

A wall hung cabinet that opens up like a book, installed at eye level making it easy to peruse and select the “accoutrement” of the day. There are two more in the works.

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Globe stand

Made of black walnut and satinwood with a dowel assembly.

View fullsize Solid walnut legs and 3-inch core veneered for the top
View fullsize Anigre fiddleback veneer interior ring
View fullsize Dowel location template
View fullsize Dowel assembly

Table top library

Popular in the 18th/19th century they were designed to have at your fingertip the knowledge required to perform your job or to hold those cherished leather bound books. This version was created in rosewood with a imbuya gravity base and mahogany bookends.

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View fullsize Gravity base made of imbuya.
View fullsize Detail - base and shelf intersection
View fullsize Book ends - Fitted with friction pads made of mahogany.

Foot stool

Two were part of a commission and the third one we kept. Bent lamination in white oak, cherry and zebra wood. Custom leather cushion.

View fullsize Three amigos ready to be delivered. (One stayed home.)
View fullsize White oak and custom leather cushion.
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View fullsize Seven jigs were needed to create the stool.

Lighting

Some lighting projects combining stained glass with wood. Cherry, mahogany and zebra wood with bird’s eye maple. My wife refers to the zebra light fixture as an upside-down coffee table mounted on the ceiling. I may make one as a coffee table for her next birthday :-)

View fullsize Glass frame assembly for ceiling light
View fullsize Ceiling light installed, mahogany – 24 x 48
View fullsize Zebrawood box “clamped” with tape
View fullsize Pot lights wired for the fixture
View fullsize Flip side assembled
View fullsize Ceiling light installed – bird’s eye maple and zebrawood
View fullsize Mahogany stain glass ceiling light – 12 x 48
View fullsize Walnut vanity lights inspired by Charles MacIntosh

Trebuchet

Made these for my brother in law, a war history buff, as a gift. They are functioning trebuchet replicas that will take down a Lego wall in no time.

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Entertainment unit

Wall mounted entertainment cabinet design to hold all the components plugged into hidden outlets. Made with shedua and wenge veneered onto 3 inch core lightweight panels.

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View fullsize Mitered corners and edge banding in wenge
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Entertainment system stand

Built of walnut, maple and bird’s eye maple, this sculpture is designed to display retro hand manufactured sound components to play vinyl albums.

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View fullsize Jelly bean dispenser,  made with my grandson Jacob.
View fullsize Tub shelf - Shaped mahogany shelf finished with 7 layers of lacquer for waterproofing.
View fullsize Dish and cup rack made out of butternut.
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View fullsize Spalted birch
View fullsize Cherry
View fullsize Zebrawood
View fullsize Sapele mailbox
View fullsize Mahogany handrail
View fullsize Zebrawood trivets
View fullsize Anigre fiddleback pedestal with Brazilian mahogany top
View fullsize Pedestal in use.
View fullsize Moxon vise – white oak and ebony inlay
View fullsize Librarian step stool – butternut
View fullsize Librarian step stool – butternut
View fullsize Butternut – herb box
View fullsize Butternut – herb box
View fullsize Hamper – anigre fiddleback and poplar
View fullsize Hamper – Milk paint and carved texture
View fullsize Room divider - stain glass
View fullsize Cherry with carved texture
View fullsize  Steam bent table easel
View fullsize Displaying my friend Michel Dallaire poetry book
View fullsize Steam bent "broken mirror"
View fullsize Mirror - ash steam bent
View fullsize Heating rad covers - poplar stained
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