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Please help me NAME this table!!! ...what does it make you think of when you see it? Look over some of my other projects to see how I tend to name my furniture pieces. Thanks!
...Update: Thanks Dave Bardin for the name suggestion!
This hall table is made from salvaged California Claro Walnut. The top features a natural edge along the front and large cracks from both sides, repaired with Macassar Ebony “butterflies.”
Originally the legs were going to be straight (at 15 degree angles) but I really wanted some curves. My first thought was to slice them into thin pieces and cold mold them on a form like I have many times before (Jellyfish and Arch Tables).
But then I remembered a trick I saw in Fine Woodworking magazine one time. They cut a single curve through the piece and flip-flopped the two pieces (put the bottom piece on top of the other) to made one larger curved board. Here is a link to the article, in FW issue #215.
58” long, 10” deep, and 37” tall. Finished with sprayed conversion varnish.
-- Happy woodworking! http://www.openarmsphotography.com
31 comments so far
Woodbridge
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#1 posted 08-21-2012 03:59 AM
I don”t have a name for you, but that is one beautiful table. Your design is really cool, the curved legs were a great idea, and the top looks so good.
-- Peter, Woodbridge, Ontario
lanwater
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#2 posted 08-21-2012 04:11 AM
how about “the beautifull table with 2 curves”?
It looks really nice.
-- Abbas, Castro Valley, CA
shipwright
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#3 posted 08-21-2012 05:42 AM
That is really nice Blake.
I particularly like the design and the gorgeous grain and finish on the top.
That “curved board out of a straight one” trick has been used in boat building forever. It is a good one.
Sorry but I don’t have a name.
Thanks for sharing.
-- Paul M ..............If God wanted us to have fiberglass boats he would have given us fiberglass trees. http://prmdesigns.com/
Jamie Speirs
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#4 posted 08-21-2012 09:32 AM
Blake that is one table
It is a pleasure to the eye
It is definately in a class of it’s own
You could call it Jamie’s Table and I will
look after it for you. :)
jamie
-- Who is the happiest of men? He who values the merits of others, and in their pleasure takes joy, even as though 'twere his own. --Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Lenny
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#5 posted 08-21-2012 10:14 AM
hi blake. several of your pieces, including the recently posted, graham nash sofa table, have a musical theme. when i look at this piece i see a “keyboard”. kudos on both pieces.
-- On the eighth day God was back in His woodworking shop! Lenny, East Providence, RI
HalDougherty
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#6 posted 08-21-2012 11:31 AM
That’s one of the best looking walnut projects I’ve seen in a long time. Thanks for sharing!
-- Hal, Tennessee http://www.first285.com
SPalm
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#7 posted 08-21-2012 12:07 PM
Hey Blake,
That is super nice. Love the finish too. Done in pure Blake style.
Nice hearing from you again,
Steve
-- -- I'm no rocket surgeon
javaboy
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#8 posted 08-21-2012 12:08 PM
Have no idea what to call it other than beautiful.
-- Sow justice, reap peace
Roger
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#9 posted 08-21-2012 01:10 PM
That’s a fine, fine piece. Wow!
-- Roger from KY. Work/Play/Travel Safe. Kentuk55@bellsouth.net
chrisstef
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#10 posted 08-21-2012 01:16 PM
Id call it “Claire”. Nice curves in the Claro.
-- "there aren’t many hand tools as awe-inspiring as the #8 jointer. I mean, it just reeks of cast iron heft and hubris" - Smitty
mafe
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#11 posted 08-21-2012 01:36 PM
I love it.
Blake you are doing some good stuff these days, wonderful balance.
Best thoughts,
Mads
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JohnEinNJ
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#12 posted 08-21-2012 01:51 PM
The curves give it an “asian” look to me – “Asian Butterfly”.
Jetdok
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#13 posted 08-21-2012 02:50 PM
Great piece!
-- Chris, Fl.
Ironman50
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#14 posted 08-21-2012 03:23 PM
I’d call it “Ribbons”. They prettify the already stunning piece.
BTimmons
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#15 posted 08-21-2012 04:25 PM
Great stuff! Looks like arms outstretched offering a gift. I’d call it ‘Tribute’.
-- Brian Timmons - http://www.BigTWoodworks.com
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