Vaughn McMillan
09-24-2006, 3:22 AM
A year or two ago, LOML fell in love with a glass-topped coffee table made with carved dolphins supporting the top. Unfortunately, the table was on eBay, and on the other end of the country from us (and the seller was not shipping it).
This afternoon at the LA County Fair, she was reminiscing about the "dolphin table", and within a minute or two, we happened upon this:
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While it's more of an occasional table and not a coffee table, it ended up coming home with us. It's carved out of a single piece of what was billed as mahogany, and I'm guessing the artist is some guy in Indonesia (based on the other items the seller was offering). The glass top is simply resting on the beaks of the lower two dolphins and a slot cut into the "wave". As much as I'd like to use my shop to add to our household furniture, this is one piece I seriously doubt I could make for us.
She's very happy with it, and when she's happy, I'm happy. ;)
This afternoon at the LA County Fair, she was reminiscing about the "dolphin table", and within a minute or two, we happened upon this:
47454
While it's more of an occasional table and not a coffee table, it ended up coming home with us. It's carved out of a single piece of what was billed as mahogany, and I'm guessing the artist is some guy in Indonesia (based on the other items the seller was offering). The glass top is simply resting on the beaks of the lower two dolphins and a slot cut into the "wave". As much as I'd like to use my shop to add to our household furniture, this is one piece I seriously doubt I could make for us.
She's very happy with it, and when she's happy, I'm happy. ;)