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random #20: The whimsical art furniture of Jake Cress

Blog entry by Gary Fixler posted 162 days ago 362 reads 1 time favorited 8 comments Add to Favorites Watch
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I found this talented woodworker’s site tonight through a post on Make Magazine’s blog. He makes very well crafted furniture in the Chippendale style, but also creates art pieces with meta-humor baked in. Some appear self-animated, the rest are a fun juxtaposition of solid craftsmanship and glaring oversights.


“Oops” in mahogany


“Crippled Table” in walnut and hickory


“How to Build Furniture” in cherry


“Self Portrait” in walnut

-- Gary, Los Angeles, video game animator


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Peik Löf

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posted 162 days ago

those are incredible :D

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posted 162 days ago

Wondrous!

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posted 162 days ago

WOWZEERRSSSS!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Very cool and funny! Thanks…........

-- mtnwild (Jack), It's not what you see, it's how you see it.

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posted 162 days ago

These are magnificant! Thanks for sharing

-- ~ Inspiring those who inspire me ~

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scrappy

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posted 162 days ago

Fantastic imagination and craftsmanship!

Thanks for posting.

Scrappy

-- Scrap Wood's the best...the projects are smaller, and so is the mess!

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TopamaxSurvivor

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posted 162 days ago

Wild and crazy guy!! :-)) Thanks for the post.

-- Debt is nothing more than the 21st Century's form of slavery.

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posted 162 days ago

Heck Gary, that’s nothing. I’ve been building stuff like that since I started. The only difference between his pieces and mine is the quality and craftsmanship, but I’ve gotten all the mistakes down to perfection. And I hate to brag, but my mistakes are a lot worse than his. Thanks for showing us this this fun stuff.

-- Mike, American in Norway

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posted 158 days ago

wild stuff

-- Jim from Heirloom Woodshop Southern Oregon

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