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This was made for a Hawaiian lady living in the United States. They practice the Japanese tradition of shoes off upon entry of the home. There is room for shoes under the bench, and the house slippers are kept inside the bench. She loves diamonds…..especially truncated…...thus the copper work in the lower part, and the walnut slats on the back rest. On each of the sides are barely visible volcanoes…...there is also copper work within each of them, to represent molten lava. On the back is a representation of Mauna Kea. The setup of the hinges reminded me of cane, or bamboo.
The theme of the color is, lava flows through wood.
Alder and walnut were used to compliment each other.
Peace…..........
Bruce
-- RusticBru of Utah, bpsheelydesigns.com
13 comments so far
dustygirl
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posted 309 days ago
Very nice bench Bruce.I really like it.
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Josh
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posted 309 days ago
Wow, very nice. I love the copper on the front.
3fingerpat
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posted 309 days ago
Nice work, congratulations.
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dennis mitchell
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posted 309 days ago
I really like that copper. Great job.
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isetegija
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posted 309 days ago
A nice job.
looks very well made.
Thanks for sharing with us.
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woodworm
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posted 309 days ago
Well, not only you were polishing your woodworking skill, you learnt the Japanese tradition too.
Great work Bruce!
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TimberMan
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posted 309 days ago
Nice bench. The copper and walnut look great. I like how solid it looks. I bet is it weighs a good bit.
CharlieM1958
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posted 309 days ago
Very cool!!!
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DAN
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posted 309 days ago
looks really nice … did you run out of memory in your digital camera ? how about a few more photos. Really like a end view to see the volcanoes.
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BarryW
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posted 309 days ago
very nice…
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Thos. Angle
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posted 309 days ago
Very artistic, really like the copper. I wish you had more photos.
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Karson
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posted 309 days ago
Great design and very substantial. I also would like more photos.
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motthunter
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posted 308 days ago
beautiful finish. looks like something Marks wood have done on his show.. but with a great style of your own.
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