A side board made from a highly figured Bubinga log with door panels made from Myrtle burl. Carved amboyna burl pulls with ebony banding help relate the piece to the wall panel.. Hanging wall panel is figured white burr oak with Bubinga accent material.
The "eating nook" trim and wall panels were made from Romanian Beech. The table was an expanding pedestal design made from Old recovered American Chestnut. The Chairs were mixed woods with milk painted surfaces.
This is a private residence Library we made from English Brown Oak. The Library has many architectural details along with hand worked surfaces and hand applied finishing techniques. We found this wonderful Brown Oak from the aftermath of Hurricane Hugo.
This is the corner of our woodshop with a few current projects. The table top is a slab of Coco Bolo Rosewood from Central America, the base is a European elm. The corner cabinet is of Cherry, and the highboy is Mahogany.
This is a Mahogany high chest commonly called a highboy chest. These chests were a sizable piece of furniture requiring a fare amount of resources and time. There are 186 hand cut dovetails in this piece. The Carvings are a shell on the drawers and foliage on the skirt and knees. The ball and claw feet, flame finials, fluted corner columns and leaf scrolls at the top round out the carvings.
Hand work was the main focus with this study in a private residence. The materials are a European Pine that we eventually toned to the color of the mantle, also European Pine. There is an abundance of carving in this room from pinwheels to fluted and beaded details.
This high chest or highboy is a Queen Anne style. Cherry is the primary wood for the cabinet with White Pine as the secondary woods for the drawers. This is a Portsmouth NH. design around 1760. Fan carving on the drawers and spoon slipper feet create a refined touch..
A Fancy Doorway leading to a drawing room in a private residence. The wood is very difficult to carve, it is a Southern Long Leaf Pine. The Knots add to the carving challenges.
St Patrick Cathedral NYC 2009
Cathedrals' Presider chair back with coat of arms. Main cathedral coat of arms and also the residential coat of arms plaques.
Carved gothic arches in white oak. Classic detailing.