Urchin table

As an ex urchin diver your outstanding sculpture is giving me flashbacks . A stunning piece of work—-

-- rob

A great piece with one of a kind appeal

-- Jim from Heirloom Woodshop Southern Oregon

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)

Daniel,
A succinct precis.

-- rob

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.

-- "It's a good thing my woodworking is done afterhours so my 2 year old daughter can't hear the swearing."

LOVE it.

-- Check out my new website! http://www.blakeweberwoodworking.com

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

~isaac

-- "Who but a fool would discard seeminly useless parts? To keep every cog and wheel is the first precaution of intelligent engineering" -- Aldo Leopold

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. - Pablo Picasso -- 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