Portfolio

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• Maple armoire and display Armoire designed to hold clients a/v gear- central pocket doors, bun feet, and drawers sized to hold audio cassette, video cassette, and compact disks. Hard white maple display case / butlers pantry- Central unit flanked by radiused ends. Features glass doors over serving counter illuminated by low voltage halogen fixtures. Base doors are curved and inset on each end. Pulls are a proprietary product- "the doubled thumb". 4/4 hard white maple lumber, 3/4 hard white maple veneer core plywood, concealed self-closing hinges in the central portion, concealed pivot hinges with magnetic latches on the curved end doors. Finished with a clear acrylic resin lacquer.
• Cherry table, sideboard Reproductions from the April 1912 edition of "Craftsman Furniture made by Gustav Stickley at the Craftsman Workshops Eastwood, N.Y." No. 819 sideboard and No. 622 table rendered in solid cherry and finished with a clear hand rubbed drying oil. Photos do not do it justice. Crafted pyramidal pulls.
• Two drawer writing desk of my own design. Hard white maple, tapered legs, gently arching aprons, finished with a clear acrylic resin lacquer. HPDL overlay on top surface. Pulls are proprietary "desk".
• Library/ dining table - hard white maple. Table top is inlaid with an antique veneer inlay from the 1920's which the Canadian supplier claimed to have found in a French warehouse.
• Library and telephone tables for a legal office in red oak and mahogany.
• Glass toped cherry and maple legged coffee table with maple spindles done on commission. Design originated from a bad picture in a magazine ad supplied by client.
• Maple dining table with flat black cylindrical steel legs. Design constraints included enough surface area to hold two spread open newspapers, no stretchers at floor level, and stiff enough to keep two full cups of coffee from slopping over when the table is jostled.
• Bungalow bookcases with birds eye maple tops. Designed for economy of material and the low window stool and apron in an Arts and Crafts home.
• Mahogany bookcase for a home office.
• Knotty white (ponderosa, western white) pine kitchen utility cabinet.
• Cherry Kitchen utility cabinet, true divided light doors, cupboard latches and butt hinges.
• Display Cases Vaguely Arts and Crafts horizontal display cases in cherry. Framed glass top is hinged and locking.
• Heart Pine Display Case Old growth heart pine cabinet for holding a collection of drinking-related paraphernalia. Material was reclaimed, re-milled into flooring, and purchased by client to panel a room. Cabinet was constructed from the scraps and leftovers. Features low voltage halogen interior lighting, glass shelves,and beveled glass door panes. Very stable material but its 9/16 thickness made it tricky to work with.
• Maple dog house w/purple dye What may be the world's first and only purple maple doghouse/wardrobe/tv cabinet. Bottom section is a dog crate- 1/4 inch diameter aluminum rod bars, cast aluminum pulls, home-made vertical throw bolt latches on both doors. Top section was originally intended to hold blankets, sweaters, or other textiles but I think it was adapted for a tv. Bedroom furniture; finish was inspired by samples generated from BCC's vanity.
• VJ green wardrobe Hard white maple dyed green- interpreted from a clients magazine cover.
• VJ office fixtures Mahogany home office fixtures- four drawer (two over two) file cabinet, desk/table, and one of two bookcases.
• VJ Knotty white pine bookcases and media center. The entire right section is on dual locking casters to facilitate a/v cabling and hookups and is literally chained to the basement wall for stability.
• Maple attic built-ins Contemporary three drawer maple desk, four drawer (two over two) filing cabinet. Matching built-ins including kitchenette, a/v cabinet, bookcases, and chest of drawers.
• DD bookcases White birch bookcases, column trim, cantilevered shelving, soffits, returns, etc. Sixty sheets of 3/4 veneer core white birch plywood and 200 board feet of select white birch lumber held together by glue and two double handfuls of mechanical fasteners. Fabrication and installation required the better part of three months. The photos are inadequate.
• Built in bookcases Three examples of the "bookcase audio/visual hearth fireplace mantle surround" type of work.
• ES bookcases Dyed maple. Two photos on left courtesy of client.
• BCC living room & bath Very contemporary maple. Casework on balcony houses an extensive LP collection. Purple vanity color chosen to complement tile accents.
• LS desk white ash computer desk.
• LS wardrobe Ash wardrobe.
• LS maple bookcases and mantle Maple fireplace surround with bookshelves and floating display shelves, features low voltage halogen recessed lighting.
• EWH maple office Free standing maple desk and physicians office builtins.
• Flat File Drawers Maple flat file.
• MS displays & cupboards Semi-elliptical faced foyer cabinets back up to period dining room builtins. Contemporary maple dish cabinet.
• AJ kitchen & vanity Arts and Crafts kitchen etc.- 4/4 cherry and 3/4 veneer core cherry, inset butt hinged doors with ball catches. Single pane glass. Tambour door conceals coffee maker. Casework surrounding double faced pre-fabricated gas fireplace is home to av gear on the den side and china, silverware, serving pieces, etc on the dining room side. Pulls are pyramidal. Vanity pulls are pressed glass. Low voltage halogen lighting as under cabinet lighting and accent lighting in surround.
• AWh kitchen Dark cherry raised panel, multiple curved ends.
• BWi kitchen Natural maple raised panel. Door over door to a ten foot ceiling, cherry knobs.
• DP kitchen Natural maple, raised panel doors, concealed self-closing hinges.Black laminate counter with maple edgebanding.
• JN kitchen Hard white maple dyed to a colonial-like tone. Fall front secretary, plate racks, etc. Massive dyed-green free standing maple storage case disassembles along vertical center for moving.
• JP kitchen Very contemporary maple kitchen features birds-eye face veneer.
• LC kitchen Hard white maple doors with 3/4 thick flat panels in frames. Stainless steel counters, ribbed glass doors, pantry pull out, low voltage halogen lighting. Note the typical 'lighting installed into finished panel' detail.
• LH kitchen Brush painted solid wood.
• Mini Bar White birch and beech.
• MR maple kitchen, dining & living rooms Kitchen, bookcases, mantle, and table are hard white maple with cherry string inlay in a greco Celtic pattern. Table top and mantle face are inlaid with an antique veneer inlay from the 1920's which the Canadian supplier claimed to have found in a French warehouse. Pulls are proprietary "Celtic" solid wood laminations with an end grain face. Art deco meets Arts and Crafts?
• SG kitchen & vanity Flat panel in frame, concealed hinges, paint. Aesthetic complements period home.
• SmWk kitchen Painted, flat panel in frame doors. Door panels are painted a different color than the rest of the project. Ribbed glass and mirrored backs.
• SW kitchen Natural maple raised panel kitchen. Built and installed then uninstalled, refinished and reinstalled after an oak tree fell on the kitchen courtesy of hurricane Fran.
• SWm kitchen Hard white maple, flat panel in frame, concealed hinges. Upholstered restaurant booth bench seats. Curved face corner makes transition from butlers pantry to refrigerator. Horizontal flipper pocket door hides microwave and coffee machine.
• TH kitchen Glazed Lacquer finish. Flat panel in frame, "Lower Tuscan" style. Full size true divided light pantry doors hung on pivot hinges.
• Retail space 1 Retail store fixtures. Ash with cherry tops.
• Retail space 2 Hard white maple. Glass face and top jewelry display and sales counter. Free standing merchandise display shelves.
• BK fireplace surround Audio visual storage with very large pocket doors. Keyed arch molding fronts display recess.
• Cypress doors Paired divided light doors. Double insulated glass was salvaged from discarded windows from addition.
• Cypress shutters Porch mounted privacy screen.
• VJ dark-room cabinets & fixtures Dark room- note sink fabricated from 1/4 schedule 40 PVC sheet stock.
• VJ wine-cellar racks Furniture grade white pine- shares a wall with the dark room.
• Where the hell is the dog? Henry the shop hound and side kick. He thinks his first name is "HEY", and is everyones friend. Hound in the maple armoire is my stepdog Olive Rosemary. Her passing is still mourned.
• Acrylic Vitrines or model covers from plexiglass or its equivalents.
• LS ash vanity
• AWh vanity Walnut bow front vanity and mirror with matching cabinet over toilet .
• Miscellaneous boxes Experiments in turning small scraps into something larger and salable. The last thumbnail is a gazebo finial.
• Sunburst clock repair An example of an odd repair- client dropped a clock face cast from polyester resin, then called me. I made a mold and replaced the broken bits. Tape outlines original break.

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