Most of my work is more traditional in nature, especially the American Federal Period style, but in this case, the wood told me what it wanted to be. The back of this display shelf is spalted sycamore and the spalting lines reminded me of a coastal scene, with cliffs and caves and clouds above the horizon.
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The shelf is ambrosia maple where the grain is evocative of the rippling sands of a beach at low tide, complete with the breather holes of the clams hidden below the surface.
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The two small drawers are faced with walnut burl, the dark swirling surface indicative of the hidden beauty in the depths of the ocean... Well, at least that is what I saw in the woods selected for this work. The finish is many coats of shellac rubbed to a gloss finish. Interiors of the drawers are curly maple, with Spanish cedar bottoms.
The unit measures about 3' in length and is mounted to the wall from inside each of the drawers.
It is part of an exhibition titled "In The Grain" which opens this afternoon at The Mill Brook Gallery and Sculpture Gardens in Concord, NH and the exhibit runs through mid-August. If you are in the area, stop by and see it, and give me a shout and we can probably spend some time in the workshop as well. You can find the Gallery website via Google, and I have a few more pictures of the piece on my website as well.
Roger
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