Urchin table

A great piece with one of a kind appeal

-- W James Brokenbourgh Custom furniture maker http://artisticwoodstudio.com/

Kewl! Nice work on all of these tables.

-- You know.... I think that old wood needs to be furniture.

I think one of the more compelling distinctions that can be inferred between ART (e.g. painting, sculpture, poetry etc) and CRAFT (e.g. furniture making, automotive design, textiles etc.) is that at its best art is in dialogue with the transcendent. Art points past its own materiality towards a meaning or meaninglessness that we each wrestle with. On the other hand, we are often engaged by the rich materiality of a craft piece and sometimes it may speak of transcendence through excellence in design and execution, but rarely does it challenge our expectations of the material or the function. I love this piece because it reaches out to me with the rich investment of craft in its materials, and then challenges those materials by its mimic of biologic forms. Beautiful. Thanks.

-- -Daniel. "To be, rather than to seem" (not my words, but I like them)

extraordinary.
I’d have troubles deciding which way to show it off—right side up or upside down.

absolutely stunning piece of work. Fascinating, .. and the details! impressive

-- ~ Debbie, Canada (http://www.execulink.com/~yohan)

When that was published in the readers’ gallery of FWW, my friends and I were looking at it and decided on two things: it is absolutely stunning in every way; true “art furniture”, and that it would be the worst table ever for people with crawling babies or toddlers.

-- 9 3/4 fingers remaining.

LOVE it.

-- Happy woodworking! http://www.blakeweber.us

dude, that is insane! i love looking at, it just invites you to stare. beautiful!

~isaac

-- "Repetition is a leading cause of carelessness, and carelessness usually leads to injury"

fantastic piece! it really captures the essence of the sea urchin and i love how all of the colors come together. beautifully done!

Very unique.Nice job.

-- Dustygirl..Hastings,Ontario.. How much wood can 1 gal chuck if 1 gal can't cut wood?

NICE!! love it.

-- I am always doing what I cannot do yet, in order to learn how to do it. - Van Gogh -- http://blanchardcreative.etsy.com -- http://snbcreative.wordpress.com/

I know a fakir who would turn this upside down and sleep on it LOL seriously wondeful design I love this piece.Alistair

-- excuse my typing as I have a form of parkinsons disease

Nicely done! Quite unique and interesting. It really does remind me of the time I was snorkeling off the coast of Malaysia and there was a small cluster of sea urchins all by themselves in the middle of sand and more sand. I went over to investigate and in the 15 ft. of water, there were about 6-8 sea urchins and their spines were about 3-4 ft. long! They were swaying in the current so gracefully. I suddenly realized the current was pushing me towards them. Boy did I learn to back paddle FAST!

-- "They who dream by day are cognizant of many things which escape those who dream only by night." ~ Edgar Allan Poe

This has to go in one of the top 5 projects on here. All I can say is, “WOW” dude you really pulled it off on this one…..

-- Ken, "Everyday above ground is a good day!"

Thats incredible, spectacular!

Wonderful !!!

-- When did quiet and quite become the same word ? I'm guessing about the same time as your and you're did.