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well, even i have to admit, this is kind of a ‘fancy’ one. we’ve been working with this client off and on for over 20 years and he does enjoy pushing the envelope. he loves mother of pearl and abalone and we’ve certainly got some of that here. the abalone is from luthier supply an excellent source of raw material and precut shell blanks. the little ‘saturns’ on the ends of the through tenons are an interpretation of a detail from a previous piece, and the ‘secret compartment’ in the last photo was just a brainstorm at the end … this one took a lot of focus and energy by trevor mott, and some fine finishing work by will. the sustainably harvested, fumed, spessart oak from talarico hardwoods is an unusual and beautiful wood that we haven’t used before. it’s a really interesting combo of quartered figure, browns and blacks that runs completely through the lumber. lots more photos, cad drawings and process pics on my dorset custom furniture blog ... it was a nice project … dan
-- dan,vermont,http://dorsetcustomfurniture.blogspot.com/
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Moron
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#1 posted 716 days ago
Nice work, as always.
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donjoe
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#2 posted 716 days ago
Very interesting style, looks great Dan. Hope the customer was as pleased as me.
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Millo
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#3 posted 716 days ago
wow, very fancy…
That wood is amazing. Also, the work on the top front moon phases. I can imagine marking everything on that piece was a bit of a pain.
Thanks for sharing your shop’s awesome work.
Sheila Landry (scrollgirl)
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#4 posted 716 days ago
Very beautiful work, Dan! So elegant! What a lift to see this piece this morning! :)
Sheila
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Ken90712
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#5 posted 716 days ago
Great project and pics very nice!
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#6 posted 716 days ago
Very unique and beautiul!
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#7 posted 716 days ago
Love the moon and mountains!
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#8 posted 628 days ago
Man, I love your work.
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