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This piece is ”For Sale”, to buy it, click here to transfer to my Etsy.com Shop
This is a style of work that is fun to do, as it provides numerous unique and creative ways to use wood, so I thought I would share it.
Running in my “Fun With Cedar Logs” Series on functional woodart made from discarded Kansas Flinthill’s Prairie cedar trees, I built a Hat/Coat rack made from cedar.
I built several things out of cedar, and have enjoyed the freedom the rustic styling gives me, and the opportunity to make something useful out of locally hated and discarded trees.
The “carving” is loosely inspired by some work I saw at the Western Design Conference last year, and Thomas Molesworth’s historic pieces.
The hooks are made from Kansas Whitetail Deer antler sheds.
I entered this piece in the local Chase County Fair last week and it took 2nd in the Woodcarving category, losing to my other carved entry, a Walking Cane I made for my dad last Christmas.
Thanks for looking,
Mark DeCou
www.decoustudio.com
email: mark@decoustudio.com
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Want to See More of my Furniture Work?:
If you go to my Mark DeCou Website you will find that I have not updated my website in quite some time. I realize that I need to invest in improving my website, but until that is accomplished, here are some more Lumberjocks related lilnks with updated postings of my furniture work, sorted into categories. Thanks for your interest in my work, and your patience with my website.
- Arts & Crafts Entry Table; with Carved Oak Leaves
- Arts & Crafts Orchid Stand w/ Wine Bottle Storage
- Arts & Crafts Style Morris Inspired Chairs
- Arts & Crafts Display Top Coffee Table
- Arts & Crafts Style Inspired End Table Set
- Arts & Crafts Style Inspired Prairie Couch
- Table Lamps
- Arts & Crafts Carved Entertainment Center
- Mission Entertainment Center
- Carved Communion Table
- Carved Roll Top Sound Equipment Cabinet
- Fancy Church Side Altars
- Processional Cross
- Fancy Speaker's Lectern
- Church Hymn Number Board
- Communion Chalice (Cup) and Paten
- Sam Maloof Inspired Walnut Rocker
- Original Art Carved Tilt Front Desk, inspired by Birger Sandzen
- Natural Edge; Nakashima Inspired Coffee Table
- Decoratively Painted Box End Tables
- Birch China Cabinet for Cut Glass Collection
- Naughty (Knotty) Refined Rustic White Oak & Black Walnut China Hutch
- A Kansa Indian and Buffalo Accent Art-Chair
- Refined Rustic Dining Chairs
- Refined Rustic Dining Table
- Cowboy-Western Style Suitcase/Luggage Support Racks
- Fun With Cedar Logs #1; Sitting Stool
- Fun With Cedar Logs #2; Coat/Hat/Spur Rack
- Fun With Cedar Logs #3; Western Style Hat/Coat Rack
- Fun With Cedar Logs #4; Entryway Stool
- Kennebunkport Style Adirondack Chair
- Outdoor Garden Wedding Arbor
- Outdoor Project: Cedar Wood Double Settee
-- Mark DeCou - American Contemporary Craft Artisan - www.decoustudio.com
































13 comments so far
MsDebbieP
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posted 830 days ago
another second? You got robbed. Ha. Oh right—first place what “THE” cane!!! :)
Love the look of this and a much better use for antlers than having them just hanging on the wall (or sitting in a corner
-- ~ Debbie, Canada (http://www.execulink.com/~yohan)
Buckskin
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posted 830 days ago
You may think it is a silly project but I love it. This is the kind of stuff I like.
RobS
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posted 830 days ago
Seems like you are always losing to yourself, not a bad way to go…nice job.
-- Rob (A) Waxahachie,TX
Mark A. DeCou
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posted 830 days ago
Good point Buckskin. I don’t mean “silly” in a bad way, so I changed the text to mean more of what I was trying to say. Thanks for the encouragement.
Don’t worry RobS, I have lost many, many, times in my life in competitions. I came to the conclusion that losing was better for my character than winning. Doesn’t sell many books though, so not a popular belief.
Debbie: you are right about the antlers. I see people hanging them on fences and the sides of buildings, and I think, “what a waste, if I could get a hold of them, I could cut them up and use them in a better way.” Ha.
-- Mark DeCou - American Contemporary Craft Artisan - www.decoustudio.com
dennis mitchell
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posted 830 days ago
I like that idea “enjoy the freedom rustic gives us.” I’ll try and remember that if I ever stop doing cabinets….
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Mark A. DeCou
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Dennis: only you can make “that” decision. Hang in there brother. You are talented and live in a great market, surely you can find the network you need.
-- Mark DeCou - American Contemporary Craft Artisan - www.decoustudio.com
Don
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posted 830 days ago
Thanks, Mark I would call this “whimsical”.
-- CanuckDon "I just love small wooden boxes!" http://www.hilsbiblechurch.org/
Mark A. DeCou
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posted 830 days ago
good word Don, I made the change. Thanks.
-- Mark DeCou - American Contemporary Craft Artisan - www.decoustudio.com
jockmike2
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How does that song go ” I’m my own grammpa, I’m my own grammpa” ......... mike Good for you buddy.
-- Mike. mwurm13@yahoo.com
PanamaJack
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posted 830 days ago
This is very cool Mark.
-- Carpe Lignum - Seize The Wood,
mot
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I really like this, Mark.
-- You can discover more about a person in an hour of play than in a year of conversation. (Plato)
Hawgnutz
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posted 828 days ago
Great job, Mark!
I love Molesworth craftwork. I wanted to do my side table enry in his style using reclaimed barnwood. I just got a planer, and when teh rain lets up I may just take those old oak floor boards and make a table with a cowboy art.
God Bless,
Hawg
-- Saving barnwood from the scrapyards
oscorner
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posted 828 days ago
Your ability to come up with new and spectacular projects amazes me. Your creativity is relentless!
-- Jesus is Lord!