black friday sale!

 i hope you all had a good turkey day!

 it is now black friday so i have a few things to post here,

some pristine, some 'lightly used' and with negotiable price tags ...

this one just in the door on monday this week ...

this is a claro walnut slab desk i made for a show a few years back ...

it didn't sell and went to the local arts center where they used it as a reception desk,

with a price tag .. no luck there, and next it went to a local art gallery, also with a price tag,

but no luck there either .. the 40 or 50% commission for the galleries 

i think just made it too tough a sale.  so, i am currently offering it at a

'negotiable, commission free price'

 which due to its light use and my current reluctance to 

totally refinish the slab top i feel is quite reasonable ..

please call me at 802-379-1478 to discuss this piece.

here are a few more shots ..

it has a nice 24" pencil drawer and a secret compartment ...

a generous +/- 42" x 66" with a steel base by Sam.

available for viewing by appointment at the shop most any time now.

 click the photos to enlarge them

other items like the one below, ready to go at this link

+/- 42 x 42 x 16 high

triangular louvers

the week before last, we had a a request for some triangular louvers ...

                                        well, i've made them before.  23 years ago to be exact, 

and for my own house!   the problem was, i had to 

figure it all out all over again ...

kristian ran a ladder up to the one on the front of the house,

and checked some angles and spaces

and he worked from a cardboard template the

builder supplied for us .. 

we framed one up from the cardboard, and took it to the house 

for a test drive ... all good!

one full triangle and two halves, one for either side of 

a chimney on the other end 

        the half louvers escaped without being photographed,

but we'll get an onsite photos soon ...

we have three on our house

readers

now that I no longer have to keep three employees busy anymore

I have been a bit lax in my blogging for the last year or so. 

 as I finished the previous post about an art deco sideboard, out of

curiosity, I clicked on the 'stats' page … it has changed since the

last time I looked when it showed 30 day visits and you had to manually 

enter dates to view total page visits

here's where we are as of September 6th …

 one million, seven hundred seventy three thousand, eight hundred and forty five page views!!!

so, thank you readers.  I hope you have enjoyed your visits here,

and I am flattered by your attention.  I will keep writing occasionally, but

certainly not like I did from 2010 to 2014 when I was trying to share and document 

everything I did so I could remember the process and explain how we did things both 

to my employees who maybe weren't here for a particular project, or were 

working on something else, and also so as I aged, I could remember 

how things were done my own self.

as I look back through the 900 some blog posts, I am amazed and honored

at the number and variety of complex and rewarding projects our clients

have allowed us to create … 

Onward we go!

steel base for a slab table post 36,401 views

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live edge walnut bookcases

we sent some bookcase to the great midwest earlier this month. live edge walnut tops,
fine irion walnut case pieces and edge and center bead fir backs ...

it was a fun project with a long time client ... the bookcases are gonna have a nice view!

we first considered backless cases with metal bracing

but ended up with the nice fir backs

i have had this pair of boards for a long time and this was the

PERFECT project for them .. didn't waste an inch ...

it took a minute to figure out the construction joinery, but since the client was looking

for 'quick and easy' (hah!) we were able to simplify things with cleats and dominos,

some plugged screw holes in the top, and a little strategic glue on assembly

lots of pieces

center shelves are adjustable from 12 to 15

12 chairs

so, we're making some chairs ... 20 of them to be exact, for two different clients.  

12 with the danish cord seats, and 8 like the ones with the leather seats below ...

first up are the corded seats ..

trevor cuts most of these parts, including the shaped rear legs and 

the mortises for the rails and horizontals on the cnc ... and he has a couple of
specialized jigs for cutting the tenons on the ends of both the
curved pieces and the straight rails.

ditto on the front legs and rails ...

and then you've got your 'most expensive nails in the world',

or at least, close to it ... there are about 170 some per chair .. they come from denmark and there are over 400 bucks worth in these twelve chairs.

in the past, our seat weaver, sandy sherman chair caning in brookline,

vermont has added the nails after we delivered the chairs to her for cording.

we always predrilled the holes for  her with the cnc, and this time i 

had the bright idea of adding the nails before the chairs were glued up ... 

duh ... much easier this way then nailing them into a finished chair ... 

sandy appreciates that for sure ...

so, here they are ready to be glued up ...

 

which happens in a number of stages.  front legs and rails ..

rear legs, rails, and slats ... and finally front leg assemblies to back legs ...

they'll look like the ones below when they are finished ..

good to go below .. waiting for finish ...

and next up .. below  are all the parts but the back legs, roughed out
for the next 8, which will have leather seats.

open studi0 2016

ok ... here we go again .. it's open studio time .. kit and sam and i are going to have a good time setting up for open studio this year .. there will be lots to see from jewelry to metal working to woodworking, pottery and possibly a few of my paintings and sculptures ..  here's just a sample .. i'll ad more as we get it together ..

this coming saturday and sunday, 10-5 both days .. come by if you can ...

there is a map to our studio here

we are one mile up danby mountian  road from route 30 in dorset, vt .. 23 goodwood lane, one the left ..

click the photos to enlarge them ...

some of kit's new pieces in labradorite and kyanite ..

i'll have this slab available to be something .. also some base sketches and suggestions .. 

this is a model, but the actual slab will be here and sam will have the base in process. 

this one is a work in process, but it will definitely be finished by the weekend ..

more photos as the week progresses .. stay tuned ..

 a cherry 'bethlehem stell' bureau

steel and painted oak coffee table

some of my paintings will be hung up and for sale

 and some pottery

sculpture

below are some links and open studio photos from previous years.
open studio 2015

open studio 2013

open studio 2012

open studio 2011

open studio 2010

open studio 2009

open studio 2008