laminated bent cherry mirror

[david kramer]

I got the idea for this piece while watching the David Marks episode where he builds the koa lamp. That was two and a half years ago, I've been refining the ideas in my head for all that time! With two small kids in the house I just don't have a lot of time for my hobbies. The construction took me around 6 months. Most of the time was spent making jigs and forms, and figuring out how on earth to make the next cut. Joining two curved pieces with a mortice and tenon, is umm, not easy the first time :).

The upright is made from an 8/4x9"x8' board, resawn and glued with DAP weldwood. The tension on those curves is just crazy, but the weldwood locked it in perfectly. I laminated a bookmatched pair of veneers onto 1/4" plywood for the mirror back. The finish is seal-a-cell and arm-r-seal, buffed with paste wax.

I'll attach some construction photos in a second post.

David

P.S. Taking pictures of mirrors is hard!

[david kramer]

Construction photos. These show the cardboard mockup that I used to generate dimensions, gluing up the upright, details of the underside and the final glue-up which is held together with glue and dowels.

David

[Rob Parsons]

That is a wonderful result! I really like it.

[Rick Peek]

Thats stunning! I love the design.

[Mark Rios]

VERY nice David. Very impressive.

[Gerry Werth]

Very nice...no wonder you had to 'think' about that for a while. Beautiful wood grain

[Stephan Postmus]

Very beautiful. Amazing job.

Stephan

[Jerry Balzell]

Very sharp. Great design.

[John Keeton]

While I don't care for the contemporary designs that Marks uses, his technique and art are beyond question. You did a great job of capturing that element with this piece. Wonderful art, and great execution. And.... dang, what a process!!!:eek:

I thought my flat work glue ups were a pain! I will never complain again. Well, I probably will, but you know what I mean!:D

[Joe Leigh]

Great job, very imaginative! And beautifully exicuted.

[gary Zimmel]

Beautiful mirror David.

Well done.

[John Thompson]

Not a modern user but that piece is worthy of admiration. Great job and looks great.

[Jim Kountz]

Nice break from the norm. I really like this alot and it looks like you did a great job with it. Very David Marks'ish!!

[Mark Hulette]

I, too, am not a huge fan of the more modern styles but this is excellent... reminds me of a Thos. Moser piece!

Thanks for sharing!

[Jacob Robinson]

thats an amazing mirror. it seems like its defying gravity a bit. my first thought was "how is it not falling over front wards?"

again, incredible design.

[Jim Tobias]

Very nice design and execution! I can see why it took you awhile. I, too, have to think awhile on some projects before I feel comfortable "pulling the trigger" and cutting wood.
I also like your hardwood floors!!

Jim

[Carroll Courtney]

David,now that is custom work.I bet it took several hrs to make,layout and the mockup that you made.Gorgeous piece of work---Carroll