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!
Reply With Quote